Fortunately for us, two new volunteers arrived to help this week.  My dear friend, Ashwini Habbu, arrived to volunteer with us for three weeks.  She is a lawyer and has graciously offered to help us with legal questions, such as how to have sales taxes legally waived for any purchases our non-profit makes here in Kenya.  She’ll also be working with me to interview women from Njabini – we want to organize women collectives that make beaded goods and textiles that we will then sell in the U.S. and elsewhere (more on this later!).

Our other new volunteer is Hannah Wesley – she will be staying with us for four months!  Being here for such a length of time will really allow her to make a difference with our organization.  She and I discussed splitting her time between assisting in the Flying Kites classrooms and acting as an advocate for Flying Kites in Nairobi.  Her first outreach project will be to research what international study abroad programs exist in Kenya and prepare a presentation about Flying Kites for these students.  We hope to provide a community service aspect to these study abroad programs and are hopeful that international students will want to get involved with helping our children.

Things are rocking and rolling here!  We have a busy week ahead of us, and I will keep you all updated!