Red Cross

at the moment we are preparing for the annual humanitary walk. this is a Red Cross fundraiser that takes place every year around nakuru. i am on the committee (strongly beacuse i was promised a Tshirt if if i was on the committee - something highly sought after around the branch what with so many of us volunteers) but also because i rather do love organising things.
so the role i was given was doing follow ups - sounds pretty straight forward and easy yes? well no. not really when there are over 200 schools participating, the numbers range from landline to celtel to safaricom so i have to use a combination of three phones. then there is the fact that half the numbers seem to either be 'metega' (out of reach) or not to exist at all! then when/if i do get through they often have no idea about the walk despite the fact that they have been issued with sponsor forms last month. some don't get my accent (even though my mother did comment that i was sounding especially 'african' on the phone these days) and usually the line is terrible.
i am also featuring in the hospitality comitee chaire by my close friend Harriet - my role here, apart from founding up budding volunteers for jobs like ushering and tent pitching, is to find enough snacks and drinks (donated not bought) for a couple of thousand participants and guests. so on Monday off i will set on a motorbike to undertake this task, wish me luck, i think im gonna need it!
anyone who does fancy donating money towards this sponsored walk (which i will be walking as well as organising) just get in touch with me by email and forward very much appreciated donations to my mother who im sure will be able to get them to me so that i can take them to the branch

other than these activities i am still hard at work with the tarpaulin action. when i arrived back last week they were plodding along doing 10 tarpaulins a day regardless of the fact that it rains pretty hard every day so consequently the large majority of the camp is getting wet as the tents all leak. now we have bumped up the number to 60 a day. im pretty proud of my impact here!