I get mails all the time, with all the info i need, she writes me budgets and so on. But the other day I got the bast mail ever! They have told me that she is improving, but now they sendt me some photos for me to see! WOW!

I must say, at first I didn't recognize her, but when I realized who I was loocking at, I started crying!

Its awsome to finally see some changes!

But first, a trip down memory lane:

4 year old Sylvia, my first encounter with her.

She was shy and skinny, she couldn't stand on her own.

Here she is with her grandmother.

Abouth a month after we started the strick food program, she gained some few pounds, but she is still too small.

And now:

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IT'S FINALLY WORKING!

Got her a small thing to practise walking.

Here she is eating a banana!

With grandma' and aunte.

Granma' Christine is happy, finally she can se her granchild improve!



A copy of Rose's plan




She still has a way to go, but she is absolutely on the way there!

Than you so much to everyone who is assisting and who will continue to help her and others in the same position!

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Rukia infront of her house.


Her doughter Farida gets gift.

Mama Rukia in her new doorway!

The house from the back through the maize.

On the side, here you can see the kuku-house.

Inside roof.

Toilet and shower.

Toilet and shower

Now they have a much more decent place to live!

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My last day in the village, we arranged a huge seremony to give away shoes for all kids at Tumaini and VCVCK.

After a short time in the village, I met an old man who was severely attaced with the jiggar flea. Me and Hiroko, a volunteer friend from Japan, then disided to provide all kids at the two schools with solid shoes - which is the best defence against the flea. Her organization provided us with a lot of shoes, and also some of my class mates back in Norway sendt some money to buy shoes!

We got them all together at the compound at VCVCK, we rented a tent, cooked chai and mandazi. It was so nice to have all the students, parents, teachers and all other who work with us gathered together at once!

Tent is up and baloons are ready! Just waiting for the guest of honor, all the kids!

Me and two other volunteers, Vanessa and Tree, all dressed up in nice Kenyan clothes(with a western twist) made to us by our lovely friend Rose!

Here is Rose! My cook, my tailor, my Friend!

And here is Emanuel, the care taker of the compound. He is doing a great job with Little-mona(the calf).

The guest of honor has arrived!

Even little Sylvia took the trip over!

The show can begin! My co-worker and good friend Maurice is leading us through the ceremony with moving speaches and songs!

Even I went up and said some words! Here I am with Kennedy and his brother John.

The kids are patiently waiting.

Here is teacher Lillian(from Tumaini) with Hiroko, the volunteer from Japan, telling them about the importance of solid shoes.

Here is Hiroko and some of the teachers handing out shoes for the kids!

Excited children, waiting for there turn!

At the end of the ceremony, I was told that they had collected some money, and bought me a "goodbye-present"!

Some cute slippers(not the one I'm wearing) and a beautiful bowl!

Thank you so much!

Me and Kennedy chatting before I have to leave him. I brought him some english reading books, so that he can improve his english.

Vanessa and Tree with Sylvia. She is still a bit shy....

I can't belive this will be the last time in so long that I'm holding this lovely girl!

Kida are happy to get now shoes, and some chai :D

So many people joined us that day, so ,e, Rose and Vanessa wore having lunch at the ground after the ceremony.


We did get a blanket, and we made a picnic out of it!

Here we are providing Emanuel with some extra clothes before we leave.

We also gave him a huge mosquito net and some rubber boots!

This is hopefully a small gesture to provide our kids from getting the terrible jiggar flea!

Thank you so much everyone for your help and support!

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"The chigoe flea or jigger (Tunga penetrans) is a parasitic arthropod found in tropical climates, especially South and Central America and the West Indies. At 1 mm long, the chigoe flea is the smallest known flea. Breeding female chigoes burrow into exposed skin and lay eggs, causing intense irritation. After this point, the skin lesion looks like a 5 to 10 mm white spot with a central black dot, which are the flea's exposed hind legs, respiratory spiracles and reproductive organs.

If the flea is left within the skin, infection and/or other dangerous complications may ensue.

The free-living flea is a poor jumper and can only reach a height of around 20 cm; therefore the use of closed shoes (as opposed to sandals or slippers) is an effective way of preventing infection.^[1]

The parasitic flea lives in soil and sand, and feeds intermittently on warm-blooded hosts such as humans, cattle, sheep, dogs, mice, and other animals. In order to reproduce, the female flea burrows head-first into the hosts' skin, often leaving the caudal tip of its abdomen visible through an orifice in a skin lesion. This orifice allows the chigoe flea to breathe while feeding on blood vessels in the cutaneous and subcutaneous dermal layer. In the next two weeks, the flea releases about 100 eggs through the orifice, which fall to the ground. The flea then dies and is sloughed by the host's skin. Within the next three to four days, the eggs hatch and mature into adult fleas within three to four weeks."

Thursday last week we had visitors from UK here, and we desided to go and see some of the projects.

Randomly, we met this old man. He is about 80 years old and is heavilly attaced by the jigger flea! His hands and feets is all eaten up!

His hands and feet is heavilly attaced by the jigger flea!

Espesially after this meating I am keen on getting the shoe project up running, starting with the two schools, but hoping to reach many more kids!