THE BUNDU BASHER: Immersion safari: "'are we going to be attacked in kibera?' is the question that is common with many guests that we have on our trips to Africa's largest ..."
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Immersion safari
"are we going to be attacked in kibera?" is the question that is common with many guests that we have on our trips to Africa's largest slum and "no and i will be with you all the way "is my answer to help calm those nerves that are looking to walk into an area,that has a population of 1million people all living on less than $1 a day .
"kindly carry your camera and leave what you dont need in the bus and whenever you want to take a picture with someone ask if its OK." is always my advice before we start the walk down hill from the C.B.S(Christian brothers society) Mary Rice center i always see the look in their eyes a mixture of fear and curiosity, not knowing what it is like down there,and 20 mins into our walk in kibera and they get to "hop skip and jump "on the filth running through the slum and squeeze into small paths in between houses made of mud and iron sheets that reality starts to sink in ,how privileged they are to have loving parents,friends,a wife ,a husband who cares for them.The few that are able to finish the 1 hr walk always come back with heavy hearts and tears in there eyes,and the hardest thing for me is to tell them its okay ,when they have seen people living without any sanitary facilities (flying toilets) not sure where todays "meal" will come from and they are still smiling and shouting "how are you" every time they pass by.
"kindly carry your camera and leave what you dont need in the bus and whenever you want to take a picture with someone ask if its OK." is always my advice before we start the walk down hill from the C.B.S(Christian brothers society) Mary Rice center i always see the look in their eyes a mixture of fear and curiosity, not knowing what it is like down there,and 20 mins into our walk in kibera and they get to "hop skip and jump "on the filth running through the slum and squeeze into small paths in between houses made of mud and iron sheets that reality starts to sink in ,how privileged they are to have loving parents,friends,a wife ,a husband who cares for them.The few that are able to finish the 1 hr walk always come back with heavy hearts and tears in there eyes,and the hardest thing for me is to tell them its okay ,when they have seen people living without any sanitary facilities (flying toilets) not sure where todays "meal" will come from and they are still smiling and shouting "how are you" every time they pass by.
All said and done its putting that felling of seeing how blessed you ,and making you fully appreciate life that i do this everyday and woudnt do anything else because one day i was like them and someone game a chance.
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