Friday 1 February 2008

Mercy Gate, Kisii

The following day, after breakfast and a photo-call, we drove to the site of the Mercy Gate home.

There is no home, just a plot of land, but this is where Vincent and his wife Abigael want to build their orphanage. It is a good plot with fertile land.

More and more kids arrived until there were about 20.

I had brought two frisbees with me and these were gratefully received by the children, who immediately put them to good use.

The children performed a couple of songs and dances for their visitors.

We amused ourselves for a while until the representatives of the Merlin NGO arrived. This was the reason for the trip. Merlin are charged with providing mosquito nets to children, but the home had not received any.

We discussed the problem, and eventually, arranged for the kids to be registered for anti-malaria HIV/AID and opportunist infection drugs. Mission accomplished.

After a lunch of fresh fruit, we set off for Nairobi, taking a rather shorter route through Narok, and arrived home at about 21.00.

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