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A two year penis operation -just dont ask! - 08/Mar/2011 09:57 - 4808 days ago
It was a hot Sunday morning, my skin glistened with sweat and the breeze only whispered. The fire and brimstone sermon/rant fro...
Chiefly lives - 23/Feb/2011 10:22 - 4821 days ago
This is the angry blog. The one that says how I don’t understand how we can ignore a stat that tells us 3 out of 5 girls in Su...
Dirty Soap - 12/Jan/2011 10:31 - 4863 days ago
Voiis a large enough town roughly 4 hours from Nairobi and 2 and half hours from Mombasa.Nestled smack bang in the middleTsavoEa...
Géillim milséan - 15/Dec/2010 16:04 - 4891 days ago
Eric works in the local gym in Kilifi. He’s a 5ft 8, lumbering giant with arms the size of small children. By small children I...
Times like these - 08/Nov/2010 13:40 - 4928 days ago
He had eyes like two dark caves each with a small boy standing alone in its empty depth; cheekbones and temples like worn, weath...
Here... - 03/Nov/2010 18:53 - 4933 days ago
Herethereare nocarsorroads,justdonkeysandpaths.Nomondaymornings,justsundayafternoons.Nothingyeteverything.HereisLamu, aremoteisl...
Flying without wings - 12/Oct/2010 08:25 - 4955 days ago
The road toChonyiis battered and bruised, beaten down by neglect and poor servicing– it will take huge public money and time t...
Child Sponsorship - 24/Sep/2010 11:22 - 4973 days ago
There are 3.5 million children whose education is being sponsored by individual donor(s) via Child Sponsorship bodies such as Pl...
Marshmellow kids - 12/Jul/2010 14:42 - 5047 days ago
Babies in Africa taste of marshmellows. I have no concrete evidence to back this up but I am almost certain they do.My clothes c...
What happens at Work... - 28/Jun/2010 13:24 - 5061 days ago
Strengthening Community Partnership and Empowerment (SCOPE– my placement organisation inKilifi) manage and distribute the Worl...
The HeMan dilemma - 18/May/2010 12:25 - 5102 days ago
25 Years ago, a young boy woke up on Christmas morning at 4:30am, jumped out of bed and went to see what Santa had left him– a...
Changing lives of Sex Workers and Irish Bankers - 01/May/2010 11:33 - 5119 days ago
Everyone gets to do cool things in their jobs.In my last job in the bank I worked in, I got to play in our client entertainment ...
What's interesting about that? - 12/Apr/2010 19:13 - 5138 days ago
How many people can you fit into amatatu?The law says 14 passengers.Okbut what about short distances, like fromKilifiacross the ...
One year ago... - 16/Mar/2010 07:53 - 5165 days ago
“Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking.Just to let you know that we have started our decent intoJom...
Welcome! We make tear gas - 04/Mar/2010 12:07 - 5177 days ago
LastFridaymorning we set out on a journey toKambaset deep within the rolling dusty hills ofKalolenidistrict. Sitting in the fron...
Death by Netball - picture special - 01/Mar/2010 06:44 - 5180 days ago
Netball Tournament: Mnarani Primary SchoolDate: 27th FebruaryNumber of teams in Tournament : 5Planned start finish time told to ...
Football in Kenya: Even after all that! We’re lovin it… - 18/Feb/2010 16:10 - 5191 days ago
Iwouldn’t say I forgot about the result during the first few moments of Monday morning but I certainlydidn’t linger over the...
A brighter slate - 31/Jan/2010 19:49 - 5209 days ago
It’s just past 10pm and it’s pitch dark outside. The school next door is abandoned for the day and my neighbours radio lies ...
On a short winding walk to work - 19/Jan/2010 14:59 - 5221 days ago
On my walk to work, winding my way through Mnarani Village’s dusty brown paths between space grappling corrugated iron roofed ...
Grit for sale - 11/Jan/2010 10:21 - 5229 days ago
The problem with writing updates for your blog is knowing what people want to hear about. I try to think about what has happene...
Meanwhile, over here... - 17/Dec/2009 10:57 - 5254 days ago
12 cents off a pint? Nah I stillaintcoming back. Budget 2010 is on the right path though. Throw a few more incentives like that...
November blog number 2 - 18/Nov/2009 15:23 - 5283 days ago
We have stopped, for a moment, in our small red raft about 30 yards from a grade 4 rapid on the source of the Nile, Uganda, to l...
Ocampo comes tomorrow - 03/Nov/2009 18:16 - 5298 days ago
You may have read recently thePopes speech at the end of the Vatican’s 3-week love-in on Africa about the continent still suff...
More rivers or Smaller seas? - 22/Oct/2009 19:58 - 5310 days ago
Offering exclusive support toPLWHA(People living with HIV/AIDS) is, perhaps not surprisingly, a bit of a controversial activity ...
Location, Location, Location - 06/Oct/2009 18:03 - 5326 days ago
We carefully meander our way in the light sprinkled gloom on atopsyturveyboardwalk– the wood sparse and uneven like the keys o...
A blog from August.... - 30/Sep/2009 14:38 - 5332 days ago
The exchange rate between miles and kilometres moved a small bit closer to parity following intense Sunday morning market tradin...
A glass 1/4 full or 3/4 empty? - 25/Sep/2009 05:30 - 5337 days ago
JonBonJovi, the wise old head he is, never sang about being a quarter of the way there. And with good reason. It’s not muc...
For less than a bag of fish... - 01/Sep/2009 15:20 - 5361 days ago
I had just finished a meeting with a group of young adults inCheramaiinKilifiTownship where I outlined what SCOPE could offer th...
Nairobi to Mombasa - 19/Aug/2009 08:01 - 5374 days ago
It’s just past 10am on Monday morning an I’m stuck in one of Nairobi’s ‘known for it’s awful’ traffic jams on the Mo...
Gourmet Goat - 10/Aug/2009 07:38 - 5383 days ago
“Let’s do a goat tonight” Anthony, one of my Kenyan friends said to me Saturday afternoon. It's been a while but has it co...
Voluntary Testing and Counseling - Pictures - 04/Aug/2009 11:25 - 5389 days ago
How will I manage to do this now?This is my fourth attempt at trying to write a blog but everytime I try to complete it I stray ...
Haraka haraka - 27/Jul/2009 18:39 - 5397 days ago
Matatu’s are the cosy contraptions that provide the main form of public transport in Kenya. Converted hi-ace vans with seats ...
In the footsteps of Marie Antoinette (kinda) - 11/Jul/2009 10:24 - 5413 days ago
Solar powered milk, illegal black gold,KilifiDistrict gets the bullet and MamaZelphais eating clothes. For anunproductiveweek i...
WFP Food Distribution - 02/Jul/2009 07:47 - 5422 days ago
So, SCOPE had a volunteer for a month called Mike, a scottish professional photographer. He took a series of photo-documentarie...
First In, First Out - 22/Jun/2009 15:14 - 5432 days ago
Scratching her head, she confesses the obvious to me:"I have a big problem" she laughs.More than any other person I have met in ...
Chili farming in kenya - 14/Jun/2009 07:02 - 5440 days ago
After the indulgence of last weeks blog, something morepalatablewhat?There’s a farmer (there are several but anyway) inChoyni,...
Pages - 08/Jun/2009 18:07 - 5446 days ago
My first finger rests on the page I've reached and the index finger on the book cover, holding the small slice completed. The b...
Miss Opportunity - 28/May/2009 18:20 - 5457 days ago
Ok so imagine you listen to U2’s music regularly either by chance on the radio and tv or by choice on your i-pod. You ‘know...
A font called Kenya - 22/May/2009 05:09 - 5463 days ago
I used to work with a graphic designer / alpha geek type guy called Tim and let me state from the start that he was far too comf...
The difference between me and them - 16/May/2009 08:53 - 5469 days ago
It’s Saturday morning and I’m gently awoken by one of the local women timidly knocking on my front door. It’s 6:45. That...
The Anne Frank Diary– B-sides, best of her unpublished musings. - 07/May/2009 14:47 - 5478 days ago
I wonder what would have happened if Anne Frank blogged instead of wrote a diary. I’veno doubt she’d probably of thought:a....
The Good, The Bad, the Ugly plus picture special - 02/May/2009 05:36 - 5483 days ago
Walking out inMnaranito watch the Chelsea vBarcelonagame to have 5 people I’ve never met each say to me‘Tomorrow night’ w...
So like, what do you actually, like, do? - 24/Apr/2009 15:00 - 5491 days ago
This blog is dedicated to the brave men and women who are anyway interested in what work I’m pursuing out yonder. Bless yere c...
Maybe tomorrow... - 14/Apr/2009 15:00 - 5501 days ago
Easter here in Kenya this weekend. An Easter with no Eggs or Roast Lamb. Like Christmas without Santa. Nonetheless I had a grea...
New is good - 03/Apr/2009 07:54 - 5512 days ago
There is a‘café’ inMnaranicalledStarbarks(they actually wearStarbuckst-shirts but that is where any comparisons firmly end)...
It could be worse - 27/Mar/2009 15:40 - 5519 days ago
OK so the bad news this week is that I’veturned 30.The good news is that unlike other recently turned 30 yrolds(Bob), my hairl...
What do you mean, 'no parade'??! - 19/Mar/2009 16:56 - 5527 days ago
I arrived in my new home village of Mnarani just a bridge length from Kilifi Town on Saturday afternoon dripping in sweat, tired...
Before the start - 12/Mar/2009 20:02 - 5534 days ago
HaburiI arrived in Nairobi, Kenya for a weeks in country training on Friday. And while at first I was almost overwhelmed, I'm co...
In the beginning... - 02/Mar/2009 21:56 - 5544 days ago
Here we goTwo years. 24 Months. 104 weeks. Many days. Many, many nights. But to what end?For the past two weeks, longer even,...
News Alert: Travel vaccinations postponed... - 26/Feb/2009 16:47 - 5548 days ago
Right I said I'd do this every week and I'm nothing if not diligent (!) so here goes. Good send off from work, good few pints...
Somebody call my bluff! - 20/Feb/2009 06:32 - 5554 days ago
OK, I'm going to break the seal on this blog thing so here goes...Two weeks today I'll be on a flight toHeathrowto catch a conne...
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