Kibera - a life changing experience

Today we visited Kibera, one of the poorest, and largest, slums in Africa. The people weren't as friendly at first, as they were in Mukuru, not as many waves or smiles. The school children greeted us when we arrived at the site, smiling and touching our "white" arms. To get to Kara Kibera Kids Center we had to trek through allies of garbage, crumbling houses, and streams of human waste. Three guards accompanied us during our walk, as well as our Kenyan Team, and we arrived to a school filled to the brim with children. The children welcomed us with songs and dancing followed by speeches and prayers by the teacher, John, Duncan, and Lance. Shortly after we began setting up our medical stations and prepared for the 160+ people we were going to see. The whole experience was surreal, and we, again, learned a lot of new things about mobile medical treatment centers. The environment these people live in is indescribable and my hopes are that we have made, even if small, some type of difference in their lives. On the drive back to Lukenya Getaway we saw zebra, giraffes, wildebeests, and gazelle, which everyone enjoyed seeing. Most of us jumped in the pool and talked about our experiences as the sun set. Afterwards we played an African game called "pick" that went on for hours but was a lot of fun.