22.03.2011
Painted fruit and vegetables on the kitchen walls with the boys today. They were so proud of the results J
There is a new local intern from Dar Es Salaam called Antony, working at Mahabusu for the next month. I was excited that we could brainstorm ideas together, but turns out he’s impossible to talk to. Whatever conversation I try to start he ends up talking about his plans for the future. It’s his first time working and his English is not too strong so maybe I shouldn’t count on getting much positive input. The director Wolfgang is gone for the entire week without so much as a notice about cancelling all our meetings, argh!
Tette, the Finnish woman who’s been helping street kids here for a couple years, was in an accident in Mombasa a few weeks ago. We just got news today that she was in a coma for a week and a half, but has now woken up and gotten cleared to fly to Finland for a check-up. Her friend said she can’t remember at least the past two weeks before the accident, nor does she realize that she’s quite foggy and confused. Let’s hope she’ll recover back to normal.
The street boys I’ve visited once in a while have gotten a brand new, shall I say interesting, life. A local older Rasta and his Swedish wife have also been their benefactors for some years. Now that Tette has been out of the picture they’ve decided to take matters into their own hands and have rented a big house where they now live with sixteen teenage boys! Good for them, but I sure hope they’ve thought this through and are prepared for years of support. From no children to sixteen… fingers crossed!
Wuhuuuuuuuu! Internet is back on after over a week of no signal :D
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