I’ve been out in the Bush of Daraja Campus for about a week and a half now and I couldn’t be happier! It took a few days to get used to the time change, and it could take a year to get used to the cultural differences, but I’m doing me best.

I feel so lucky to be here; Jenny did a great job of making me feel right at home, Andy and I have been laughing together everyday, the girls are warming up to me and I am doing my best to work on my relationships with them, and Kayla and Olivia are my fellow volunteers in action.

I am proud to say that Kayla and I have made good progress in cleaning out classroom two, it feels good to know that the books we are organizing into boxes will go to the local schools and that the classroom will be put to use in the coming term. I feel the best though, about the project that I brought to Daraja. I found out once I got here that Jenny and Olivia wanted to focus on Confidence as a theme for the month. Bringing theatre improv games and exercises, all I could think that I wanted to do was work on the girls confidence. So now my project has become applicable to the schedule going on here. It is truly as though the stars aligned for the whole.

Thank you Daraja for the experiences thus far! I want those who I am missing at home to know how much I love them and feel their support everyday.

Thanks guys,

Carr Cavender