Firstly, apologies for this delayed posting – Ren and I have finished our volunteer placement at the IDP Camp and have been enjoying some relaxation time at the beach in Mombassa. Because we haven’t written in quite some time, we’ve broken down our IDP Camp experience in to the sections below – We hope you can make it all the way through to the end (That’s where all the good photo’s are)!
1. Introduction/Arriving at the IDP Camp
After an in-depth volunteer training and induction program (visiting an animal orphanage and hugging a doped up cheetah), we left the comfort of Nairobi with our co-volunteer Carol (65, USA) to head off to our placement – The Ebenezer A Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Kikopey. From the main highway we could see the flapping canvases of the ripped UN tents and groups of camps across the Rift Valley - what had we got ourselves into?
