Karibu Kenia! It is September 28th 2022. We landed in Nairobi at around 8.00 a.m. – We have finally arrived and our time at the MCC Maisha Mazuri Children Center can begin. Already on the plane, the feelings mixed between excitement and huge anticipation and we quickly forgot about being hungry or tired after a …
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Hi, I‘m Martyna, probably the first non German speaking volunteer in the program. I‘m a 24 year old medicine student from Vilnius, Lithuania. Traveling the world and doing some humanitarian work was always a dream of mine, therefore, once I’ve learned about the Maisha Mazuri children center, I knew I wanted to come. Sadly, because …
Here I am, 5 weeks after my first report, and I’m faced with the crucial question: How do I put what I’ve experienced over the past 5 weeks into a report? The last few weeks have been turbulent, exciting, but also incredibly exhausting. It is an incredibly intense time that I am experiencing in Maisha …
Easter in Maisha Mazuri – an exciting cultural exchange! For Easter, I brought some Bavarian traditions with me to the Maisha Mazuri Children Centre. We had amazing days and a rather colourful program. It all started with a highlight on Good Friday: dyeing Easter eggs. We boiled and dyed a total of 120 eggs …
At around 11pm, I (Alex) landed in Nairobi on December 4th, 2021. I thought I had already been prepared about what life is like in Africa by documentaries and the news, but within the first few minutes I was starting to wonder if what I was seeing matched what I thought I knew. On the …
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A month has now passed since I arrived at the Maisha Mazuri Children Centre. Looking back on my arrival, I can only say that everyone including management, staff and children welcomed me warmly. Immediately on the second day after the introduction to the school, I visited part of the primary school in class with the …
The past month has been an intense and exciting one. On June 16th I arrived at the Maisha Mazuri Children Centre. During my first days, Joseph, Mercy and I created a weekly schedule for me. So now, Monday and Thursday mornings, I help Frida with our preschoolers in kindergarten and after tea break, I help …
Due to the Corona pandemic, no interns were able to travel to Kenya for almost a year. The joy was even greater when they arrived in MCC mid-February. Viva was very warmly welcomed by the MCC family. Lea’s arrival was a great reunion, because she was already an intern at MCC last year, but had …
