Remember this post? Well, the story of my little go-getter continues! Here is the original post again, followed by an update: “Would you be more comfortable if I left, or would you like me to stay here with you?” I asked. A seemingly simple question, yet her pause and her nervous lip-biting betrayed her [...]
Market Day in Boba Getcha Walking Home After the Boba Getcha Market On Saturday, Marc and I took a drive to Boba Getcha, which is about 30 minutes up into the hills. It was market day, and market day in Boba Getcha is quite different than market day in Chiri. There was a much larger [...]
Bereket, our fabulous tour guide On Sunday, we joined the 4 other volunteers on a “wonders of Bonga” tour. Bereket is one of the translators here and he had offered to show us around Bonga. Our first ‘wonder’ was a waterfall we reached after a hot sweaty hike. It was beautiful and much bigger than [...]
One Sunday, Yibee took us for a tour of the local primary school. Since classes were not in session at the time, the grounds were mostly empty. The woman who lives onsite and guards the school joined us, as did a man who was visiting his childhood school. His tour was nostalgic, ours was eye-opening. [...]
I thought I would share one of the many sad stories from the orphanage. One of the orphans at the children’s home is named Abainish. She told me she is 8 years old, but the staff say she is probably around 10 years old, and she does certainly look older than 8. I’m sure nobody [...]
