Here is yet another video/slideshow using what I consider to be the best of the photos taken during the field trip. There are, of course, many others that I could have chosen but then the slideshow what have been excessively long and so I had to take out some that I wish could have also been included. So, here is the finished project.
Friday, 3 July 2009
Thursday, 2 July 2009
NEW SLIDESHOW from KENYA FIELD TRIP
| Dear all Yet another video......... this time 'WILDLIFE' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCcxa3a7fw |
If any parents, guardians or students want a copy of all the pictures that I took let me know...... will work out how many CD's are needed
Martyn
PS Will upload yet another video/slideshow of the 'BEST OF' in the next day or so.
Sunday, 28 June 2009
UPDATE + PLANNED TRIP
Enough of the videos for now although I have had a request for a slideshow featuring some of the animals that we saw during our trip............... watch this space.
Anybody out there interested in visiting Kenya next year (or SOONER!?!?!)?
You know, you've heard all about it,
You've read the BLOG
Followed the LINKS
You've seen the slideshows
NOW visit Kenya for yourself.
I envisage the trip costing much the same as this year's offering and following the same itinerary.
If the answer is yes, drop us a line and I'll make enquiries about costings.
There will be a Minimum of 8 and a Maximum of ???? (the sky's the limit - within reason)
Suggested departure date Tuesday 1st June returning to the UK on Saturday 12th June.
The trip will be open to anyone and if parents of those who went on the recent trip want to experience Kenya at its best.................. SIGN UP now........................and whilst you're at it, bring the kids along as well. I know they'd like to revisit the place!!
Please note that the safety of all, for the duration of the trip, will be of paramount importance at all times. In addition any Health and Safety issues will be strictly adhered to as will any directives given in risk assessments drawn up for the trip.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
NEW SLIDESHOW - 'OUR STUDENTS IN KENYA'To view the slideshow on YouTube just click on the following link............
At last, photos of some of our students taken during the field trip to Kenya.
Monday, 22 June 2009
Some of the Students that we met on our travels
This is yet another video/slideshow that I have put together of the students that we met duinr our trip to Kenya. Those in uniform are from the Marich Early Childhood Development and Primary School whom we spent time with during our visit to the school as well as when they joined us at the lookout point. The students out of uniform are from the school which has recently been built near to the Turkwell Dam which we dropped into on our visit to the Dam & HEP Scheme on Independence Day (Madaraka Day) on Monday 1st June 2009.
The soundtrack is again by AYUB OGADA entitled OBIERO.
The soundtrack is again by AYUB OGADA entitled OBIERO.
The YouTube link in order to see it in all its glory and in full size is available by clicking here
We'll Meet Again............... Students from West Pokot, Kenya
Sunday, 21 June 2009
The school in Marich and the clinic in Tikeet
Here are some pictures, one of the completed and operational Marich Early Childhood Development and Primary School, four of the Tikeet Health Centre Project on the Masol Plains and two of Dr. David Roden the major driving force and benefactor behind both of these worthwhile projects.
The Outpatients Building at the Tikeet Health Centre has had the roof installed and the Inpatients Building is well under way with most of the basic structure complete.
New YouTube video - WE have so MUCH and THEY have so LITTLE!
A selection of photos taken during a recent trip to West Pokot in Kenya. The trip included a stay in Marich Pass and visits to Tikeet on the Masol Plains, where a clinic is being built, and Lomut which is about 30 km inland from Marich, where there is a weekly traditional market.
The area is inhabited by the POKOT people and meeting these people and visiting the area is always thought provoking. In fact one comment that was made during the trip was " We have so much and they have so little yet they are so happy!".............................. does our wealth and the materialistic world that we are privileged (?) to live in really bring us the happiness for which we continually strive? I think NOT! There is a lot to be said for a simple life where community still exists and people truly care about their neighbours and don't spend their lives attempting to keep up with the Jones' or to outdo them.
Just £3 (US$6) pays for a child's education for 3 months in Marich and just £10,000 (US$15,000) builds a school................................... the Pokot need 50 schools and 50 clinics and I propose to establish a charity to benefit the lives of the beautiful Pokot people through the provison of education and basic health care. This idea was first kindled in the mind of the late Dr. DAVID RODEN and in his memory I want to see his dreams fulfilled. This can only happen with the help of the Pokot people themselves, The Roden family who live in Marich and through your, the viewers of this video, help.
Please read the BLOG for further details................. and check for updates.
The target................. £1 miilion!
WE CAN DO IT and the lives of the POKOT people will benefit.
You can read more about this on my BLOG (http://habarifromkenya.blogspot.com/) and there are links here to my photos on Flickr and to much, much more about Kenya and the area we visited.
The soundtrack to the video/slideshow is a track by AYUB OGADA entitled OBIERO.
The area is inhabited by the POKOT people and meeting these people and visiting the area is always thought provoking. In fact one comment that was made during the trip was " We have so much and they have so little yet they are so happy!".............................. does our wealth and the materialistic world that we are privileged (?) to live in really bring us the happiness for which we continually strive? I think NOT! There is a lot to be said for a simple life where community still exists and people truly care about their neighbours and don't spend their lives attempting to keep up with the Jones' or to outdo them.
Just £3 (US$6) pays for a child's education for 3 months in Marich and just £10,000 (US$15,000) builds a school................................... the Pokot need 50 schools and 50 clinics and I propose to establish a charity to benefit the lives of the beautiful Pokot people through the provison of education and basic health care. This idea was first kindled in the mind of the late Dr. DAVID RODEN and in his memory I want to see his dreams fulfilled. This can only happen with the help of the Pokot people themselves, The Roden family who live in Marich and through your, the viewers of this video, help.
Please read the BLOG for further details................. and check for updates.
The target................. £1 miilion!
WE CAN DO IT and the lives of the POKOT people will benefit.
You can read more about this on my BLOG (http://habarifromkenya.blogspot.com/) and there are links here to my photos on Flickr and to much, much more about Kenya and the area we visited.
The soundtrack to the video/slideshow is a track by AYUB OGADA entitled OBIERO.
The above is the description used on the YouTube video (Click HERE)
What a journey, what a trip, what people we met.............. I know that I will never forget those wonderful, beautiful, thought provoking, awe inspiring days spent with 30 of the best students that I have had the fortune of teaching and spending time with.
I just hope that this can be the start of something much bigger which will benefit the lives of all those we met and all those in the area that we didn't!
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