Alright, since I don’t know what to write about really, I’m just gonna put out a post in English, so I can summarize some stuff of the past few months and don’t have to write a couple of paragraphs about how literally nothing has happend for one or two weeks.
Yeah… I’m still alive, I guess, it’s March by now which is unbelievable in itself. I mean in about four months I’m back again. So now I’m slowly starting to think about how I’m going to spent the ever so fast shortening time of my volunteer year. One thing’s for sure, I’m gonna keep posting some sweet (or not, depending on what you think of it) poetry out there and continue shredding my guitar, so I’ll be an absolute beast on the fredboard when I’m back.
Two weeks ago I spent a short vacation in Tanzania; visited the cities Arusha and Mto wa Mbu (kisw. for river of mosquitoes, which is no understatement). That was one hell of a week, and left a very positive image of Tanzania. One thing I can absolutely recommend if you’re going traveling is to use Couchsurfer. Especially if you’re new somewhere and might be interested in someone showing you around in a non-tourist way, maybe you’re want to have someone to cook with or you just want to create a world-wide-web of friends, so far I’ve exclusively made positive experiences (sometimes a little weird as well, but still in a positive way). But what I’d figure would be safest is to not travel alone, since in Couchsurfer there is a lot of trust involved. And a group of four or five might be a problem for most hosts. So no matter what I say, stay safe please.
Oh, and if you’re bored often and have a spare room/bed/couch/mattress on the floor, why don’t you put it on their website and get to know some folks from all over?
Taveta is still the same sleepy village/town hybrid as always, and I’m still hopelessly searching for fellow guitarists out here to jam with, ‚cause that’s something I’ve missed a lot so far.
I have found a cause in my project, that being trying out different ways to prevent the use of corporal punishment (beating the kids with canes until they brake [the kids as well as the canes]). After a rather aggressive approach of cutting in between had some unpleasant responses within the staff I’m now trying to cooperate with them to figuring out alternative, more productive and (for me) morally acceptable punishments, which is hopefully going to work. Still I’d wish to have an immediate response, but that would probably generate more problems than I’m trying to solve. If you have any suggestions, I woul be very glad!
Tomorrow the funeral of a widely known member of the community will take place and I will attend to wish the family my condolences. Funerals are a major social event, as far as I have experienced in my time here, so I am looking forward to it, despite the devastating occasion.
I can count myself very lucky to be in Kenya right now, since there hasn’t been a single case of the COVID-19 in the country.
This is pretty much rounding up everything, so bye bye!
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