by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 28, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Friends, Kenya, Travel
A farewell at the Centre usually means a tea party planned by the staff. In the past this involved light food: boiled eggs, biscuits, queen cakes and chai. Ian and I decided about a month before leaving that we would like to throw the staff and residents a nice...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Feb 21, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Kenya
An interesting observation made in the 10 months our family has now lived in Kenya is that Kenyans generally stick to a diet consisting of a few favorite foods. One of these foods is Ugali. Pronounced oo-ga-ly. Tito, the Centre security guard, says he can’t...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jan 16, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Friends, Kenya
I’ve been hearing about the Kiambethu Farm http://www.kiambethufarm.co.ke/ for quite some time. I have never really known what to expect, but I knew the minute that our friends Rhett and Erika confirmed that they were coming to Kenya, that we would have to go....
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jan 14, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Friends, Kenya
What happened? Didn’t day 2 and 3 happen a while ago? Yes. Mmmm, I’m lazy. Day 2 happened. We (Ian, I, Rhett, Erika and Lucy) went to Nairobi, had pizza at the french restaurant, went to Spinners’ Web ( a great place to get Kenyan souvenirs that...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jan 3, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Food, Friends, Kenya
So, part 2 of Christmas was our (ok solely Ian’s) acceptance of an invitation to a local family’s house for dinner. This family lives in the Umoja slum right next to Karibu Centre. The family is quite nice, and we had them for dinner once after the dad,...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Dec 26, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Food, Friends, Kenya
It’s interesting to live in a foreign culture simply to experience all of the expectations and unique traditions that come along with the holidays. Kenya is a warm climate place (ever read that book “Foreign to Familiar”?) and relationships are of...
