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Hi,
We realized that we never mentioned on this journal what exactly we'll be doing in Kenya. So here goes:

On Dec 1st, 2010 our Teaching placement begins. We applied for a 14 week placement with an orphanage school outside of Nairobi, the largest city in Kenya. We are going with a group called International Volunteer HQ -- more can be seen at their website; http://www.volunteerhq.org/

While we are there we will be staying with a host family that can house up to 10 other volunteers, working on different projects in the community. The host family receives a portion of our volunteering fees, which covers out room and meals while we are with them. Our placement, (the school) also receives some of our volunteering fees.

Since we get there in December, which is their break month from school in Kenya, we will begin by helping out in community infrastructure building projects, help with the children at the orphanage, and then work at teachers after Christmas when school is back up and running. We will be teaching English, Math, Social Studies, Phys Ed. Art (Kate) and Science (Kyle!).

So, if you have any other questions about what we are doing there, just ask us!

Oh! and we are booking flights as I type! Kyle is on the phone right now with a woman from the Travel Hut and we found round trip flights that are super affordable!! Huzzah!

-k&k