achungojune2011.blogspot.com
June 2011 Team Trip
June 2011 Team Trip. The experiences of the team of 12 at the Achungo Children's Center, Kenya during June-July 2011. About the June 2011 Trip. Friday, July 8, 2011. Debrief and Go - Thursday. This morning is our last at the Tausi Hotel, our last in Rodi Kopany, we are leaving Achungo today. But this is a day of important work - after breakfast we spent about 3 hours in a debrief process, reflecting on our experiences and what they mean in our lives. There is a hole within us that is only filled by this ...
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June 2012 Team Trip
June 2012 Team Trip. Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Our team of 11 left SFO on June 13 and after our 2-day safari in the Masai Mara, spent a full 5 days at the Achungo Children's Centre (that's how we spell it in ex-British colonies! What was most remarkable on this trip for me was that every single teacher from our 2 preschool classes through Kindergarten up to 6th grade were simply superlative. I just wish I'd had them as teachers! We now have a total state-of-the-art, fully recycling latrine! Home Page for ...
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June 2013 Team Trip
June 2013 Team Trip. Friday, July 5, 2013. Thursday, July 4, 2013. Our team for the June 2013 trip to Achungo rather evolved over time. Bonnie and Robin Smith (no, they are not sisters.just friends) actually completed applications and deposits by November - that's enthusiasm! Well not quite. On Monday, June 24, Sarah Ackerley joined the team, having been in Kenya for 3 months already. At last our team was complete! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Related Sites and Blogs. June 2013 Team Trip.
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June 2014 Team Trip
June 2014 Team Trip. Wednesday, July 2, 2014. A Really Big Team. The June 2014 trip has turned out to be the largest of our team trips by far: 17 total by the time we got to the Achungo Children's Center in very rural Rodi-Kopany, Kenya. How do you delay a flight 12 hours? Were they still trying to buy the plane? We despaired of ever making Nairobi the next evening and what would that mean for the trip schedule? For poor Joey and Annemarie? IF we could make all the connections! I was amazed in Nairobi wh...
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June 2015 Team Trip
June 2015 Team Trip. Monday, June 8, 2015. We are less than 10 days away from our departure for Kenya for this June trip. There are 13 of us going and it is the first time for everyone (except Monte, of course). In our picture, from left to right:. Susan and Sam, Jeremy and Kylie, Nick (behind) and Cyndi, Monte (behind), Diane, Merit (sister Greer missing) and Lara, Candice and Horst. Achungo Children's Centre has over 180 orphaned and/or destitute children that we feed, clothe and school at our Center i...
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June 2016 Team Trip
June 2016 Team Trip. Friday, May 20, 2016. This June trip is made up of 3 family groups plus a number of singles none of whom have been on this trip before. We leave on June 22 and as usual will spend 2 days on safari in the Masai Mara and then 5 full days at Achungo with our beloved children. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Related Sites and Blogs. Video from recent trip. Main Website for Achungo. Achungo News and Blogs. Discovering Achungo: Stories from Initial Trip. Home Page for Team Trips.
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Achungo Community Center News
Achungo Community Center News. News and blogs of the Achungo orphanage and school in SW Kenya. Newsletter - July 2015. Newsletter - February 2015. Newsletter - November 2014. 2014 Annual Report and Retrospective on Progress at Achungo. Newsletter - March 2014. Newsletter - July 2013. Newsletter - November 2012. Newsletter - June 2012. Newsletter - February 2012. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Our First Graduates Enter High School. 8th Graders, November 2014. We have our first graduates! Michael says many fami...
achungooctober2011.blogspot.com
October 2011 Team Trip
October 2011 Team Trip. About the October 2011 Team Trip. Sunday, February 5, 2012. Reflection from Paige Richards (High School Senior). The children of Achungo thirst for the love and care of a parent as well as an education. Achungo gives these children both of these things and it is thainks to Michael and the amazing teachers at this school. One student stuck out to me the most and her name is Yvone. Sunday, November 6, 2011. Lions and zebra and giraffes, Oh My! Look, a wildebeest! So it's actually on...
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October 2012 Team Trip
October 2012 Team Trip. Saturday, December 22, 2012. The Day of the Tree. It looked like a total loss! Then each child had his hand painted green and they pressed their hands onto different parts of the tree on the wall to create leaves of their hand prints. We even brought in the preschoolers and all of the teachers. The tree filled out with the green prints of the hands of all of Achungo school and is now a permanent part of the school library. And there were many types of trees left for all to enjoy.
achungooctober2013.blogspot.com
October 2013 Team Trip
October 2013 Team Trip. Thursday, November 14, 2013. The Intimacy of a Small Team. Oh, well, at least we all made it! After a good night's sleep, we headed out in 1 van (yes, that's right, only 1! For the first time no second van) for the Masai Mara with Carlos, our intrepid driver and safari guide. We had 2 days of safari (driving around checking out incredibly exotic animals) before our van trip to the tiny village of Rodi-Kopany where we would spend a full week with the children of Achungo.
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October 2014 TeamTrip
Sunday, October 19, 2014. Preparing the Team for the Big Trip. Our team is modest in size and I'm not just talking about Jake and Luke our 9- and 7-year-olds (Jake is pictured here at the right with his younger brothers in front of him. They'll have to wait for the next trip! I'll post a full team picture as soon as I have one, but this shows the Smith family (Nate and Jen with their boys) at one of our prep meetings. Also going are 2 women: Vielka and Candy, and 3 guys: Paul, Gary and Monte.
