Mission Trip Itinerary

Mission Trip to Kenya – April 17 – 25, 2009

Tentative Itinerary

Friday, April 17 - the total group
Be at airport at 2:00; flying Northwest 1573
Depart Charlotte for Nairobi (via Detroit, Amsterdam) @4:15

Saturday, April 18
9 PM - Arrive Nairobi 7:05pm– Transportation to lodging
Lodging: - CHAK (Christian Health Association of Kenya)

Sunday, April 19
Morning - Attend Church Service at Nairobi Chapel
Sunday Services:
10.30 - 12.00 noon
Impala Grounds, Ngong' Road
Nairobi University Mamlaka Hill

Lunch

Afternoon – Visit New Life Homes
New Life Home Trust
PO Box 25341 ,
Nairobi 00603 - Kenya
Tel: (020) 3869514; 3864743
Fax: (020) 3874955
Mobile : 0722-406064; 0733-221176
http://www.newlifehometrust.org/

New Life Homes
New Life Homes was born through the founding of a baby rescue home in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1994. The founders, Clive and Mary Beckenham, had been involved in a number of humanitarian projects when they became aware of the plight of abandoned and orphaned babies, particularly those born HIV positive. As the program progressed, a unique phenomenon was experienced – 75% to 90% of the HIV positive babies admitted became HIV negative after a few months of care.

The Ark
The Ark’ Family Home opened its doors in 2003. It is an annex of the Trust’s main home located nearby in Kilimani (Nairobi). ‘The Ark’ has the capacity to house 10 children over the age of two and cares for children who have not been adopted, usually due to special medical needs. The children are cared for by a housemother and caregivers; all the children attend local schools.

Visit Maasai Market @ Yaya

Dinner

Monday, April 20
Morning
St. Phillips School in Mathare in Nairobi
Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi, Kenya with a population of approximately 500,000 people;[1] the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people.[2] Mathare is the home of football team Mathare United.

Afternoon
Kazuri Beads -The Kazuri Story
Kazuri Founder - Lady Susan Wood was born (1918) in a mud hut in an African village. Her parents were missionaries from England in the Ituri Forest. Lady Wood was sent back to England to be educated and married Michael Wood, a surgeon. They came to Kenya in 1947. They were dedicated to making a difference and Lady Wood started a coffee plantation on the Karen Blixen estate, famous from the award winning movie "Out of Africa", at the foot of the Ngon'g Hills, about 30 minutes from the bustling Nairobi city center in Kenya. Lady Wood was a visionary, an unsung hero of her time. She assisted her husband in founding the East African Flying Doctor Service, which expanded into the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) of which Michael Wood was Director General for 29 years. Michael Wood was knighted in 1985.

In 1975, Lady Susan Wood set up a fledging business making beads in a small shed in her back garden. She started by hiring two disadvantaged women, and quickly realized that there were many more women who were in need of jobs and so Kazuri Beads was created and began its long and successful journey as a help center for the needy women especially single mothers who had no other source of income. In 1988 Kazuri became a factory and expanded hugely with over 120 women and men. Here women are trained and apply their skills to produce these unique and beautiful beads and jewelry. The beads are made with clay from the Mt Kenya area thus giving them authenticity to their craft. The factory acts as a social gathering with the hum of voices continuing throughout the day. With unemployment so high, one jobholder often ends up providing for an "extended family" of 20 or more. Kazuri is a member of the Fair Trade Act

Today Kazuri, the Swahili word for 'small and beautiful' produces a wide range of hand made, hand painted ceramic jewelry that shines with a kaleidoscope of African colors and Kenyan art that reflects a culture and appeal to a worldwide fashion market. Kazuri's beautifully finished products are made to an international standard and are sold worldwide. These standards are maintained through high training standards and a highly motivated management team.

In 2001 Mark and Regina Newman bought the company and their goal is to further increase the size of the company and to maintain the guiding philosophy ... to provide employment opportunities for disadvantaged members of Kenyan Society.

Tuesday, April 21
Morning
Renguti Elementary School (about 1 hour outside Nairobi)
Started by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and adopted by the women of the church to serve children. Provides food and AIDS medications.
Need to take 5 soccer balls to play with kids – possibly take art supplies for art class.

Afternoon
Amani ya Juu (meaning “higher peace” in Swahili) – a refugee cooperative - is a sewing-marketing-training project for marginalized women in Africa. The main center is located in Nairobi, Kenya with sister centers in Rwanda and Burundi. The women involved in the project are learning to work together through faith in God who provides a higher peace that transcends ethnic differences. Amani itself portrays a unique picture of diversity with women coming from Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia as well as other African countries.
Purchase items for Alternative Gift Market.

Wednesday April 22 and Thursday April 23
Morning
Pack up to move north of Nairobi
New Life Home in Ruiru - provides meals for many of children in the area.

Tumutumu Hospital
Tumutumu Hospital is situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya between Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range. It is 130 km north of Nairobi, and is at an altitude of 5,900 feet. The mission site was chosen in 1908 by Drs. Henry Scott and Arthur of the Church of Scotland. Outpatients were first seen in 1909 and inpatient work commenced in 1910. Since 1956 Tumutumu has been one of the three mission hospitals in Kenya sponsored by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA). The hospital now consists of a number of one story buildings, with 203 beds, and is surrounded by lawns, flower beds and trees. The majority of the population served is Kikuyus -- the largest tribe in Kenya — and the language spoken is also primarily Kikuyu. Most local people are small scale farmers.

Tumutumu hospital serves as a teaching hospital as well as providing the surrounding rural community with preventive and basic curative health care. Although medical care is available in this particular area from government services, patients come to Tumutumu because of the quality of nursing care, the availability of drugs, and the holistic patient care given at the Tumutumu Hospital. There are growing numbers of admissions yearly, now over 7,000 per year. Over 50,000 outpatients are seen yearly, as well. The hospital provides excellent maternal and child health care in the form of prenatal, family planning, and well-baby immunization clinics as well as treatment of minor trauma and routine tropical diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. It is also well equipped to care for complications of common childhood illnesses such as measles and whooping cough and gynecological and obstetrical problems. Its community outreach activities focus on some of these same primary health care programs through operation of eight dispensaries. An AIDS prevention program has been developed as well. Tumutumu provides training to approximately 100 nursing students annually. In these hospital and outreach settings, the program is able to give student nurses very practical, hands-on training.
Visit possible new mission endeavor

Thursday, April 23
Morning
Travel with medical teams from hospital into homes and/or schools.

Friday, April 24
Drive to Nyeri – New Life Homes
Go to an authentic African Market
Kenya Mountain team leaves for Mt. Kenya
3:00 return to Nairobi and have dinner

Group #1 - Bill, Carla, Toney, Louise, Amy, Martie, Kristi, Jerry
Arrive airport @8:00 pm
Depart Nairobi at 10:10pm Northwest 8566 PM for Charlotte (via Amsterdam, Detroit)

Saturday, April 25
Group #1 arrive Charlotte Northwest 1570 3:25 pm

Sunday, April 26
Group #2 Catherine, Jerry E., David, and Jane
Arrive airport 8:00pm
Depart Nairobi at 10:10pm Northwest 8566 PM for Charlotte (via Amsterdam, Detroit )

Monday, April 27
Group #2 arrive Charlotte Northwest 1570 3:25 pm

Group #3 Kim, Kerr, Bob, Mark, Rebecca, Will
Arrive airport 8:00pm
Depart Nairobi at 10:10pm Northwest 8566 PM for Charlotte (via Amsterdam, Detroit)

Tuesday, April 28
Group #23arrive Charlotte Northwest 1570 3:25 pm