A little after 10 am, 17 of us, women's center attendees and volunteers, packed into the small room to start the day with song and prayer as usual. Wednesday mornings are reserved for hairdressing lessons but today two new volunteers, Lina and Jillian, offered to be "clients". While they waited for their hair to be … Continue reading Day 23
Gihon Women’s Group
Day 3 I'm in Kitengela, about an hour southeast of Nairobi, with one other women's education volunteer. Our day started around 9am with breakfast at the homestay: brown bread, butter, red plum jam, bananas, chai and malaria meds. Our host mom, Lucy, guided us through a 30 minute walk to the Gihon Women's Group. There … Continue reading Gihon Women’s Group