Today we woke up to hot weather right of the bat. Typically our mornings were about 13-15 degrees, but today was nearly 20 when we woke up, which was the same time as every other day! Our morning started with swahili lessons once again, then we started the task of making a new trash pit! … More 10/01/18
Sunday means church! At Daraja it’s mandatory for everyone to attend one of the church services even if they do not practice any religion. There was a Muslim service, as well as Catholic and Protestant services. One of my shadows, Maggie, was catholic so she asked me to go to her service. The service was … More 09/30/18
It’s the weekend! I think this is one of the best saturday’s I have ever had. Our morning started with sports at 6:45 am where we played an intense game of basketball. Then we had breakfast and went to our second swahili lesson. After swahili we split into groups and just went around doing whatever … More 09/29/18
Our first full day at Daraja! Our morning started with breakfast then we went straight to class! All morning we went to classs with our shadow. For me, I had physics, chemistry, math, religion and sexuality, agriculture, then math again. After lunch we had our first Swahili class with Jessie, who is a super sweet … More 09/28/18
We made it to Daraja Academy! After a long travel day of about 7 or 8 hours from Kiserian area to Nanyuki area we arrived! Daraja was the first free private all female secondary school in Kenya. Each year over 600 girls apply for Daraja, and in the end only 30 are selected to actually … More 09/27/18
What a day! Today we started our day by cleaning and scrubbing our part of The Castle from head to toe because we are leaving tomorrow (the 27th). After a few hours of cleaning we relaxed then began packing our small backpacks with whatever we need for our week at Daraja Academy. We transferred everything … More 09/26/18
Today marks 10 days since we all met and it feels like we’ve known each other forever! Our group is so close already I don’t know if you could ever have a group as close and amazing as this one. Everyone is so open and chill and just amazing, I wouldn’t change any of them … More 09/25/18
Well I guess you could say that today was a one of a kind experience. Our day started when we left The Castle at 9:30 for a hike with Simon, one of Debs and Thiemo’s workers. We thought we were going to go for a nice stroll around the area and I guess that was … More 09/24/18
Cook Crew time!! Today was my turn to be on cook crew with Sam and Victoria. Cook crew changes everyday and after a few weeks we will change partners! Cook crew is responsible for preparing meals and cleaning all dishes and surfaces after we eat. For breakfast we made a hot breakfast of eggs, potatoes, … More 09/23/18
This past week has been a whirlwind of adventures and being able to disconnect from the world and technology has been pretty amazing. Debs and Thiemo run the castle (where we have been staying) and we quickly learned about the importance of conserving as much energy and water as possible since everything is run on … More 09/20/18-09/22/18
Heather Goes Abroad 