In just over a weak we will be leaving for rural week! We are spending the week in a rural village an hour or so outside the town of Kisumu, near to Lake Victoria in Western Kenya. We will each be living with different families and can expect not to see each other for the week. The families might speak some English but they typically speak Dholuo. Throughout the week we are expected to hang out with our families, learn from them, and help them in their daily lives, whether it is fetching water, visiting the market, cooking, or cleaning. The homes we will stay at vary in shape and size. Some are made of mud and thatched roof, others of wood or brick. Most of the homes use solar energy for electricity and get water for from the river.
Today we received our homestay assignments and got to meet with the rural week coordinator. I am staying with a family that has four children, three girls and one boy. The girls are 3, 5, and 25 years old and the boy is 13. The mother is a primary school teacher and the father is self-employed (also his name is Peter, my actual dad's name!). Finally learning more about the week and the family I will be living with has made me even more excited for the experience especially since past students have described this week as being one of their most transformative experiences in Kenya and just in general. I am excited to meet my new family and experience a new way of life!
Today we received our homestay assignments and got to meet with the rural week coordinator. I am staying with a family that has four children, three girls and one boy. The girls are 3, 5, and 25 years old and the boy is 13. The mother is a primary school teacher and the father is self-employed (also his name is Peter, my actual dad's name!). Finally learning more about the week and the family I will be living with has made me even more excited for the experience especially since past students have described this week as being one of their most transformative experiences in Kenya and just in general. I am excited to meet my new family and experience a new way of life!