Jambo (Hello) from the 3 teachers in Ichamara

The nervousness we may have felt on the plane was quickly dissolved by our friends Henry and Shaad. They are 2 of the friendliest and funniest men you will ever meet. The traffic in Nairobi was crazy, not to mention that we were driving on the left. In the morning we headed to Ichamara (the farm house where we stay) after breakfast. When we arrived our chef Francis, who cooks the best fresh food ever (sorry moms), had prepared a feast for everybody before we said goodbye to Dave, Cynthia and Stan as they head to Meru. We got a tour of the 14 acre property from the farm manager Steven; They grow arrowroot, kale, coffee, macadamia nuts, bananas and have chickens and milk cows. Waking up to a rooster while sleeping in a mosquito net is indeed a new experience, especially when it’s walking outside your window. At first, everybody stares at you, because they have never seen white people before. Everything we do is hilarious. Our 1st days at Matuto Primary and Ithanji Primary were busy after the initial shyness of the children was subdued. Many kids even brought Mangos as presents. They have so little, are so generous and so happy. They were so amazed by the cultural and climate differences between Kenya and Canada. We are learning a lot of Kiswahili (the national language) and the local Kikuyu tribe language. On the 2nd day we showed them picture, and brought them some soccer balls. The kids are ridiculously attentive in class, but they have a hard time saying that they don’t understand. It’s hard and hilarious trying to speak English with a Kiswahili/Kikuyu accent so the kids will understand. Everything about the children makes me smile, especially when they wave a chase the car when we are leaving or passing them. The girls went to the market today with our cook Francis while I relax, because after 1 week of ups and downs and the beginning of the adventure of lifetime. Our teaching and lives will forever be improved and changed by spending only 1 week in a country like Kenya. I wish everybody could have this opportunity. Hope everything is going great back home. Thank you so much to U.P.E.I. Education and Farmers Helping Farmers for giving us this opportunity and supporting us along the way.