This weekend I will most probably visit a community bank in a local village, a couple of hours outside of Nairobi. Together with Nelie (Sieb will be in Sudan for 2 weeks to give business training), and a local, we will bring a lot of prepared documents to do a thorough assessment of the bank's current situation, as to be able to write recommendations on its financial strategy afterwards.
When we are back from this community bank I will take a few days to write said recommendations, and after that it's off to more rural areas! We have one bank to visit in Mombasa, and after that one more in Coast. I will probably be gone for about two weeks (including couple of days Mombasa beach, of course).
In addition, I am also helping out a family friend with his school. Due to the current situation, he has some problems getting teachers to the school, so the poor pupils have been deprived of their mathematics-shot for some time now. Last week, and again this morning, I therefore prepared and conducted some classes in math for a few classes. I really liked both the teaching and the students, so I am planning to do it more often, and a bit more structured. We are also trying to make a project out of his school for my organization as to get more volunteers from abroad to help out.
Sorry for the lack of messages lately, I have been kind of hectic. I will promise to write more often, and I swear that somewhere this week I will post a fine piece of prosaic nonsense I'm so famous for.
Kwa heri!
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Mooi hoor Daniel, dat lesgeven. Zo kom je wel heel dicht bij de locals te staan. Vast een goeie ervaring. En het bezoeken van de plaatselijke banken geeft weer een heel ander beeld dan alleen het bankgebeuren op het hoofdkantoor he? De berichtgeving hier lijkt een beter beeld te geven van de situatie in Kenya, klopt dat met jouw werkelijkheid? Ik ga een belkaart in een turkenwinkel kopen, dan kan ik je nog wat vaker en langer bellen de komende week. xxx
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