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The strangest week - 30/Jul/2012 14:50 - 4298 days ago
Memories of our final week overseas, written from an aeroplane:Altitude: 40,004ftSpeed: 565mphLocation: somewhere over Turkey.Pa...
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Breaking News - 12/Jul/2012 16:54 - 4316 days ago
TAIFA LEONairobi, Kenya. Tarehe ishirini na sita, mwezi wa Juni, mwaka wa elfu mbili kumi na mbili.Mke na Mume Waingereza kusiki...
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What I Know Now - 10/Jul/2012 19:01 - 4318 days ago
Posted by: HelenI hate my commute. I hate every single part of it.I hate swinging onto a moving bus and trying to gain purchase...
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A sense of achievement - 04/Jul/2012 16:59 - 4324 days ago
Posted by: DanLast week, I officially finished my VSO placement withSpecial Education Professionals (SEP). It comes with all the...
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Empire strikes back - 02/Jul/2012 05:44 - 4326 days ago
I feel like I should have posted about Kenya's colonial past much earlier in our year. Please don’t think I’m writing about ...
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Q: What will you miss most? - 20/Jun/2012 18:45 - 4338 days ago
A: Our good Kenyan friends, chapatti, walking over the railway bridge, the friendliness of everyone. Learning Swahili with Lucy ...
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Q: What are you most looking forward to? - 19/Jun/2012 10:26 - 4339 days ago
A: European food and drink, seeing our friends and their children after a year away, being able to drive around in a car, having...
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How to make Kenyan chapati - 17/Jun/2012 18:35 - 4341 days ago
Posted by: HelenThis blog post is dedicated to Phil Borge who dared me to plunge into a Kenyan kitchen and emerge,...
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Carry on camping...in a volcano - 14/Jun/2012 13:52 - 4344 days ago
Posted by: DanFinally! A chance to go camping! After 11 long months of not sleeping in a tent, a brief but brilliantly memorable...
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Love and Marriage - 31/May/2012 14:27 - 4358 days ago
Posted by: HelenOne of the best things about living in a new culture is realising all the opinions that you’ve built up over a...
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Our TV debut - 28/May/2012 08:33 - 4361 days ago
Monday:My organisation received an invite to an event at the UN compound, in Gigiri, north Nairobi. It’s tomorrow,says my...
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Kenya's Banksy Vs The Vultures - 24/May/2012 10:25 - 4365 days ago
Nairobi can often seem an ugly, scruffy city filled with rubbish, traffic and smog. It’s not a city that is immediately lovabl...
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The Ninth Month - 20/May/2012 17:27 - 4369 days ago
This post is starts with a 'Hello!' to my Grandad, Ron Trenchard who is an avid fan of this blog.  Thanks for following our...
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They think it's all over... - 17/May/2012 07:48 - 4372 days ago
...But it’s not yet!It’s sad times here in Nairobi, as we say goodbye to our good friends, fellow VSOs and South B neighbour...
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Go West! - 11/May/2012 20:19 - 4378 days ago
Don’t worry, this is not a tribute to the Pet Shop Boys.Western Kenya has been a huge gap in our travelling and knowledge of o...
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Jonchards in Uganda - 30/Apr/2012 16:35 - 4389 days ago
Posted by: HelenHere is the story of an important reunion...Lake Bunyonyi on Easter Monday 2007Dan and I first set foot in ...
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Tutafundraise! - 23/Apr/2012 19:11 - 4396 days ago
A post to prove I've been working a bit recently...Trainers: extraordinaireLast month, I worked with fellow VSO Nicole John...
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Witch doctors, puppets&human rights - 19/Apr/2012 16:51 - 4400 days ago
I wanted to report back from recent visits I have taken with SEP to the slum areas ofKariobangiandKibera. I’ve written about b...
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Sweet Business - 13/Apr/2012 13:23 - 4406 days ago
Posted by: HelenKenyans love sweet things. Three sugars in your tea, lollipops available at every kiosk in every town and -...
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Goat's blood - yummy? - 12/Apr/2012 13:26 - 4407 days ago
Helen’s parents’recent blog postabout their visit to Kenya briefly mentioned our awesome trip to stay at the award-winningIl...
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#conferencewithadifference - 03/Apr/2012 14:05 - 4416 days ago
Posted by: HelenAfter 10 years of working in separate places, Dan and I now have the odd experience of sometimes working togethe...
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Maisha Yangu (My Life) - 02/Apr/2012 08:26 - 4417 days ago
Posted by: HelenNilizaliwa tarehe nne mwezi wa juni mwaka wa elfu moja mia tisa themanini na moja. Sasa nina miaka thelathi...
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Visiting the brothel - 27/Mar/2012 14:26 - 4423 days ago
Posted by: HelenA post about computer viruses, and why work can be a puzzleGrrrrrWith limited resources to keep PCs protect...
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Down Town and Up Country - 20/Mar/2012 19:06 - 4430 days ago
For one week earlier this month, we hosted my parents here in Kenya, spending a few days in Nairobi, before heading 'up country'...
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The Kenyan English Dictionary - 17/Mar/2012 10:27 - 4433 days ago
As time runs away with us and our return to the UK gets ever closer, it becomes clear to us that the way in which we talk in our...
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