Visiting A Kenyan Orphanage and A Rain Forest

Day 33
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 Leave for Kakamega
10-12:30 Stop at Kip Keino's Orphanage and Primary School
1:30 Lunch
4:00 Arrive at Kakamega Rainforest
5:15 Nature Walk
7:30 Dinner
8:00 Natural History



Kip Keino's Orphanage

   Kip and Phyllis Keino run an orphanage in addition to the wonderful work they do for aspiring Olympians. At the orphanage there are 20 children that live there, but they support about 60 total, and send them to boarding school. There is an agriculture farm that is used to make money as well as produce food for the children. We saw where the children live, their nursery school and the playground. We went to the primary school after that, it was NOTHING like Eremit Primary School. "The school is for richer Kenyan students who pay about 900$ a year to attend. The orphaned children attend free of charge because the other student's funds cover their expenses too. We had a tour of the facility. The school is one level, a square around a courtyard. It was very beautiful. The children are very well behaved and said "Welcome Visitors" when we visited the classrooms."


Kip Keino's Primary School

   On the drive towards Kakamega it rained and the scenery was breathtaking, all very green and lush. This was my first experience with a rain forest and of course, it was raining! It was also very humid and hot. When we set up the tent I noticed the ground was very soft and the pegs slid in easily, not like the dry hard ground of some of our previous camp sites. The nature walk was incredible. "The guide was very informative and told us a lot of useful information. The trees were so huge and magnificent! We saw blue monkeys and red tailed monkeys high in the trees." 10 years ago today I was on a hike in the Kakamega Rain forest, my first time visiting a rain forest!

Kakamega Rain Forest

Exploring Kakamega