For those of you who have young people who want to do some volunteer service in Kenya but don't know how to set it up you may contact:

http://www.campsinternational.com/ and look up Camp Kenya. They do 1 - 3 month volunteering in different venues in Kenya, gap year volunteering and they also have a "life" volunteering for us older folks.

Though my family has not personally used them, they come highly recommended from a person whose judgement I trust in Kenya.

They are also helping to rebuild an orphange in the Shimba Hills/Kwale area. A woman named Paula Gross, a nurse from the U.S., was in Kenya, saw the need of so many kids without parents and opened a small orphanage there for 20 kids with her own money and from a couple friends in the U.S. Camp Kenya and their volunteers are helping to make a difference there.

It is certainly worth looking into this helpful organization.

sounds absolutely fantastic!
thanks jan for sharing this with us!

A little followup on Camp Kenya.

I have been looking for a safe way to get a donation to Paula Gross who opened the orphanage above and also runs a clinic for the locals.

While at Satao Camp I talked with Stuart Reece Jones, a Camp Kenya employee. He told me that they will be starting to rebuild Paula's children's home shortly as well as a clinic for her to treat the villagers in. I asked him about a way to get funds to Paula and he told me that Camp Kenya Trust has a cooperative agreement with
www.Sallyschildren.com to help better the lives of orphaned children in Kenya. Thus I was able to log on to www.sallyschildren.com, make a donation in pounds and stipulate that it go to Paula. I believe Sallyschildren is in the UK.

It is a rather long about way of getting donations off, but at least it is a safe method of doing so - far safer than sending a check in the mail.

Thus if anyone is interested in making a donation to help build schools, orphanges or clinics (mostly on the south coast) you can log onto www.sallyschildren.com and make a credit card donation.