Such Beauty awaits me.

Posting daily of my pretty uneventful life, is soon going to become boring even for my most dedicated supporters.  My life just isn't that interesting.  You don't want to hear the moaning of the unproductive days or the days of self doubt constantly, so maybe from time to time a simple update is all that is called for.  Today I feel is one of those days.

I do not own the rights to these photos, they are simply images I found as I Googled Nakuru Kenya. 

I'm not anticipating getting the opportunity to experience the Nakuru National Park and all it's wonders, as my trip is not one of sightseeing, but if such an opportunity arose I won't be turning it down, simply knowing that such beauty is so close by just inspires me to raise this money.  And right now inspiration is what I need in spades. 

As a child I remember thinking the Flamingo was one of the most beautiful and strange creatures I had ever seen.  I recall my dad telling me flamingos are pink because of a mineral in the shrimp they eat copious amounts of. As I grew up and obviously became far wiser than my parents, I decided dad had this wrong, and it was just an urban myth.  And until I started write this post I was naively  confident I was far more informed than my dad... WRONG! Take a look at why Flamingos are pink  

Current Score Dad 100,0001: Jacqui: 0

Just the thought of being in an environment that has camels walking about as part of everyday life is alien to me, but one that I'm so ready to experience. 

This whole process has brought about a lot of self reflection and questioning, and I would be lying if I didn't admit I'm beginning to question myself.  Is this desire to volunteer in Kenya one of arrogance? Maybe arrogance is the wrong word.  I certainly don't believe what I have to offer is any better than what the children in the Holding Hands Children's Home already have, I feel it will be my soul that'll feel more complete if I've tried to help these children.  So maybe the word I'm searching for is selfish not arrogance, I selfishly want to volunteer in Kenya to feed my soul. 

Last weekend, my six year old godson summed it up perfectly when he asked me 

"Jacqui, are you going to go be a mummy to those kids?"  

yes Loghan, I suppose that is what I want to be, even if just for a little while.  

Asante

Jacq

Feedback & Suggestions Please

Lots of Ideas, lots of questions, not a lot of answers......

Silent Auction, Sausage Sizzle, Movie Night, Dinner Night, Mud Run..... so many ideas rolling around inside my head, and I'm still so worried I won't make the money.  


This is where you come in, I need some honest feedback along with as many money making suggestions as you can possible come up with.


Questions that I need an answer to. 

1. Silent Auction with guest speaker, quality good/services for auction, wine, nibbles and possibly entertainment, how much would you be willing to pay for a ticket to attend ?
2. If I was to hold a fundraising dinner evening, with an excellent meal prepared by a qualified chef (BYO) mixed with a fun quiz night and spot prizes, would you come? and how much would you be a reasonable amount to charge?........................... And finally
3. If I was to hold a movie night, how many of you would be interested in coming, and if you came would you be prepared to bring at least a friend or two?

I would really appreciate it if you could take the time to answer these questions for me, as I need to get a feel for how to direct my fundraising energies.  Only today I read on a blog of people having large amounts of money donated for dubious means, under the guise of being broke and needing help.  

I assure you, all funds raised. are to be used solely for the purpose of getting me to Kenya, where I will volunteer in the So They Can projects, I will primarily be working in the Holding Hands Children's Home and the Aberdare Ranges Primary School .  The funds I generate will be paying for my flights, transportation to and from Nairobi to Nakuru, an extensive vaccination programme, and accommodation (I've been told there is no running water/no flushing toilet). I am in no way going for a holiday, I will be leaving for Kenya the day after I finish work at Pomaria Primary School for 2012 and I will work the entire time I am in Kenya.  If I am lucky enough to experience any local attractions I will fund these entirely out of my own pocket.  

Thanks for taking the time to do this for me

Asante
Jacq x

This is My Reason for Going .......

Eighty orphans live in the Holding Hands Project house, 40 have been there just over a year, and the remaining forty arrived just last month.  These children have lived for most, if not all of their lives on the nearby rubbish dump.  Daily they rummage for food scraps as a means of survival, they are not the only residents of the dump, these children, as young as three years old, compete on a daily basis for food, against pigs and vultures.  We complain if our bread has a moldy crust, or our yoghurt is a day over it's 'best before' date, take a moment and think about... If these children found either of these items, they would think they had struck gold.   

Please help me to get to Nakuru, so I can help them.