Haywoods in Africa: July 2015

Friday, July 31, 2015

Made with love!

The best part of our day in Kibera Slum was visiting one of ours son's houses and having all 4 of them prepare us a special traditional meal:

I am not normally a fan of cooked greens, but these were DELICIOUS and just what my healing intestines needed! It was a savory combination of several native herbs and greens.

They also made ugali (the African staple--cooked maize flour) with hearty, savory meat sauce. Peter, who majored in Hospitality, blessed us with his culinary art skills!

3 social workers and a restraunt server....

Amazing young men! We love these guys!

Slum Schools

While we were in Kibera, we visited the school where we used to do Kids Club outreaches:

We were so excited to greet 2 of the students we used to pay school fees for:

...and gave them a Bible. They were soo surprised to see us!!!

Most of the students remembered us!

Even the cook was excited to see us:

Unfortunately, First Love had to pull out their financial support because the administration was abusing the funds, being dishonest, pocketing the money, lying to their donors, etc. Sadly, this kind of corruption is very common. The saddest part, is it's the innocent students who suffer.

Jack also took us to a secondary school that a friend of his started:

It went from 20 students to 200 students. They have a dream of starting another secondary school together for underprivileged kids, called Haywood School! Jack's degree is in Social Work and Community Development and he aspires to make Kibera Slum a better place. We need administrators and community planners who truly have the children's best interest at heart. Most teachers work for very little pay and even have to volunteer some mths if the funds don't come in. Just like in the US, teachers are not in it for the money. If the administrators are corrupt, though, it's not just the students who suffer but the staff as well. Praying that God will bless the work of their hands and protect all the innocent students!