Schedule

Current Schedule:

May 27th - May30th
Arrive in Nairobi for Orientation

May 31st - June 20th
Travel to Mbakalo with Mo to work with a women's group and to visit the sponsored students to update records.

June 21st - 27th
Meet up with Marla. Travel to Ugenya to start the research/survey project.

June 28th - July 4th
Travel to Kuria for research project

July 5th - 11th
Travel to Mituntu for research project

July 12th - 18th
Travel to Ugenya for follow up.

July 19th - 25th
Travel to Kuria for follow up.

July 27th - 29th
Travel to Mituntu for follow up.

July 30th - September 3rd
Finish up projects/independent travel

There will be some stops in Nairobi and other cities as we travel around, but that give you the general idea. The plans with the research should remain consistent since it needs to stick to the given time frame, but the last month is open to complete any of the previous work or to continue on some other smaller projects. There are several projects in the different SVH's that are working towards sustainability and a source of income. These include banana farming and a daycare/feeding center. (Again, more details as I find out more.) There may also be work with the AIDS Barefoot Doctor (ABD) program to follow up with people who were assisted by this program in the SVH's. (A separate post for this program will probably come later.)

To give an idea of the rough locations of the four SVH's, I put some placemarks on google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=0.126343,36.474609&spn=3.235036,5.822754&z=8&msid=101083383240575677339.00046aafed9a85ac214dd

-Pat