I had only slept for about three hours only when I woke up at 6 am yesterday morning to go to 'school' my heart is slowly falling in love with. The three-hour sleep was not enough to rid the gloomy effects of a long night and I was taking heat from burning stomach ulcers but I wanted nothing else more for my Friday.
A team of five of us (Cleanstart Kenya) got into a car and headed north for Dagoretti Girls Rehabilitation Centre to celebrate twenty graduands of the Spear Course. They had undertaken the attitude and behavioral three-month course from last August and it was amazing to witness their transformation.
The 'school' that holds a population of close to a hundred girls currently.
The 'sunkissed' event from a distance.
The graduating twenty from behind... Sorry but I can't share their faces here.
The rest of the girls and the visiting parents witnessing change...
Going for lunch from dining hall...
I went home around past 6 in the evening with a massive headache but I had a memorable day. It is inspiring to listen to young girls dreams for I was certainly reminded of my own. Their determination to get something from the course and apply it in their lives while living in such a negative environment challenged me in a different way.
One can do anything to better themselves regardless of where they are or whatever they are going through.
Photos are all mine... Taken with my phone :)
Thank you for coming.
Also shared on my Whaleshares.