15/16 June - Masai Dancing in Nairobi and Kibera Slum

15^th June – went to Nairobi and stayed with Volunteers Dan and Helen who are sadly leaving soon as their placement is over. They had arranged a trip to Alliance Francais which is a large centre with a concert area. They were having a free concert of North Kenyan Music. There were about 10 bands 5 were modern style with electrc guitars etc the other 5 were more traditional tribal music. It was a great night and the dancing started from the first song (quite a contrast to the UK where it takes us (especially me!!) a little longer to get up and shake a leg).

http://kenyabuzz.com/whatson/details/5001-spotlight-on-kenyan-music-concerts

Anyway Oli (a new volunteer based in Meru) were given some excellent lessons in Masai style dancing etc by a group in the middle of the dance floor which made them giggle quite a lot !!

Saturday 16^th June – Kibera Slum – Today was my second visit to an SEP consultation day (www.sepkenya.com). This one was very different to the last one. We were based at a school in the middle of Kibera which is supposed to be one of the biggest slums in Kenya and it is suggested that there are a million people living there. Apparently there could be as many as 26,000 NGO’s! You can’t help thinking that could be done more efficiently if they co-ordinated more?

Anyway the format of the consultation was much better at this location as there was a playground at the school so Dan and I could break the ice with the kids there. Then by the time we were taking photos in the consultations the kids were our new friends and posing for the camera. Here are just a few shots from a great day. It is just a great shame I will probably not get a chance to meet any of the little stars again with Dan going home soon.