I can't believe it's June already, and I left home in April, it's crazy!!! It's my last week in Mombasa and my last few days with the kids. They keep asking me to stay with them, it's heartbreaking leaving them, and I will miss them so much. I have a few suprises planned for them on Friday. I have bought each of them a new exercise book and pens, I have a rugby ball for them, Manchester United stickers which Mum very kindly posted on to Kenya and I'm sure they wi...

Well the first thing I have to say today is, 'happy birthday Ollie and Josh!' I am feeling a little homesick today, it would be nice to be at home for my brothers' 16th. Also, I'm suffering from a lasting headache. We all seem to be coming down with colds. I was told that a lot of volunteers get sick in the rainy season because of the weather but I think it's more likely that we're catching colds from the locals who aren't used to rain-not like us British!!! So u...

Hi guys, I wasn't going to write on here today but it's been a while and I have had a pretty amazing day. I'm not on here for long so I will have to write a more detailed blog soon. I didn't go into work today as we had a little something planned for the street kids of Mombasa. We went to see where they lived today, or where they used to live. The bigger street kids built a community of small shelters for the kids to live in but it was burnt down recently so now...

Hey everyone, Well, today has been a day of firsts and a avery scary day indeed! We decided a couple of days ago that it would be good to go swimming with dolphins this weekend and as you may know I am terrified of the sea so this wasn't my ideal weekend trip! Anyway, we paid for it yesterday then left very early this morning. We were picked up at 6.45 for a 2 hour bus journey to Shimoni where we got a dhow (a very rickety, scary boat) out to Wassini Island. On...

Well, I have a mixed account of this week. Some of it has been amazing where other bits have been quite terrifying! The kids are back at school this week, today was their first day back and has been so much fun. My class has about 20 students now which isn't as many as I thought and means I get to spend a lot more time independent teaching. Today I taught 9-9.50 then 10.20-12 then 2-4 so we get a lot done. English, Maths and Science are the main subjects but I m...