Day 2 and it already feels like we've been here ages! Yesterday we were greeted, singing and dancing, by our Kenyan counterparts. Today we have spent the day training and getting to know them. It was interesting to find out their preconceived perceptions of what we would be like! One group said they'd imagined we would be 'built and huge', but were surprised to find that we were 'mostly slender', another group said they'd imagined we would be slender, and were surprised when 'some fat ones came off the bus'!
We've also learnt more about the host homes, (they won't all have toilets!) And we got to state a preference as to our placements. My first choice was one working with children to get them off the streets, I really want it! Found out however that we will be expected to get to our placements on our own! On the back of a bicycle for 20 shillings or on some other thing I've forgotten the name of! I can't find my way around the hotel, let alone Kisumu!
We went for a wander, a few of us before tea. Once you're outside the gates and down the road a bit it's a different world. The houses, the roads (my feet came back red from the dust!) And the people. It feels so surreal being here, I can't get over it.
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