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Today, Thursday, we were a part of two different worlds.
We had our first visit to the Eastleigh Community in the morning with Erica and Aaron. Words cannot describe what we saw. There is one paved road into the community and all of the others are dirt when dry and mud, like we haven't seen before, when wet. There are incredible pot holes everywhere. Despite having three days of warm, sunny weather, the pot holes are full of dirty water and sewage.
There is garbage everywhere and Don even saw some people sleeping on the garbage. There are some 4-5 story apartment buildings but most of the structures are made from tin or whatever the people can scrounge. There are small stalls along the streets selling everything from meat to scrap metal. People walk anywhere on the street. Despite their living conditions, many people were neatly dressed ...with clean shoes, although we don't know how they do it!
We were told to watch out for flying papers or flying bags. Apparently, it is quite common for the people to use paper or a bag to 'poo' in and then toss it out a window. Luckily, we travelled into the community in a van with the windows up and the air conditioning on.
Late in the afternoon, we attended a swimming competition where Emma Kenny was competing. Her school was a part of a swim meet at The International School of Kenya. This school is located on a beautiful campus with well constructed buildings, lush gardens, green grass, beautiful flowers and large palm trees. Most of the people there were part of the middle to upper class of Kenya....a complete contrast to the oppressed and vulnerable people we saw in Eastleigh.
We had our first visit to the Eastleigh Community in the morning with Erica and Aaron. Words cannot describe what we saw. There is one paved road into the community and all of the others are dirt when dry and mud, like we haven't seen before, when wet. There are incredible pot holes everywhere. Despite having three days of warm, sunny weather, the pot holes are full of dirty water and sewage.
There is garbage everywhere and Don even saw some people sleeping on the garbage. There are some 4-5 story apartment buildings but most of the structures are made from tin or whatever the people can scrounge. There are small stalls along the streets selling everything from meat to scrap metal. People walk anywhere on the street. Despite their living conditions, many people were neatly dressed ...with clean shoes, although we don't know how they do it!
We were told to watch out for flying papers or flying bags. Apparently, it is quite common for the people to use paper or a bag to 'poo' in and then toss it out a window. Luckily, we travelled into the community in a van with the windows up and the air conditioning on.
Late in the afternoon, we attended a swimming competition where Emma Kenny was competing. Her school was a part of a swim meet at The International School of Kenya. This school is located on a beautiful campus with well constructed buildings, lush gardens, green grass, beautiful flowers and large palm trees. Most of the people there were part of the middle to upper class of Kenya....a complete contrast to the oppressed and vulnerable people we saw in Eastleigh.
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