Jean has now booked tickets for Kenya, the main purpose of the visit being to take ‘colour tent’ equipment and the system to the Aquinoe Learning Centre to help some of the children with multiple disabilities. See previous post for details.…
Jean and Tina’s trip to Kenya 2017
Tina and Jean visited the Aquinoe Learning Centre between September 20th and October 3rd 2017. The two weeks seemed to pass extremely quickly, but they managed to get through much work at the school and felt the trip was well…
Tina and Jean’s trip to Aquinoe July 2015
The Library
The library is well-resourced with a large number of books on a variety of subjects. It is also supplied with two newspapers every week day, one written in English and one in Kiswahili. These are well-used by both teachers and…
Successful trip
Tina and Jean are now back in the UK after a really good trip to the Aquinoe Learning Centre in Kitale. We had a committee meeting with the other two trustees the day after our return and gave a long…
Visiting Aquinoe
Tina and Jean are about to set off for Heathrow (in ten minutes) to spend two weeks at Aquinoe. In haste, therefore, I’m making a last posting before we set off. There was a demonstration at Heathrow earlier today, so…
Phil’s trip to Kenya: Here comes the sun…
“Some people here are asking for you,” texted Lillian. “Are they asking for Phil or for the Mzungu?” I replied. “For the Mzungu.” “Then tell them the Mzungu is not here and will be back later!” It was only the…
Phil’s trip to Kenya: The project in more detail
I began my visit to the school by conducting an audit of all the electrical fixtures and fittings and anything that might be plugged into them, in all ten classrooms and the 26 other rooms that comprise the ALC. Ably…
From Redhill market to Kitale market
It was a year ago when Phil first expressed an interest in volunteering for a stint at Aquinoe. After many travels and experiences he is ready to fly out to Nairobi and take the bus to Kitale. His “assignment” is…
Jade returns to Aquinoe
Jade, a very successful volunteer from two years ago, has been wishing to go back to the school to do some training with the Early Years teachers for sometime.