Nakuru and Eldoret

So much has happened in my first two weeks in Kenya, i really can't believe it. Last week i was driven to Nakuru to visit the camp holding IDPS, Internally Displaced Persons, and met with the organisations working in the field. There are so many camps all over the Rift Valley - the north and south Rift areas are the most affected but there are temporary camps all over Kenya. There is so much work to be done and a serious amount of organisation is still needed. The NGOs and local organisations are doing well with very limited resources. The main focus is on moving people, families and children out of the camps and back to their land and homes, or to temporary settlements.
On Tuesday this week i flew out to Eldoret. I just got back to Nairobi this morning after spending the last two days training the local workers on how to register children and trace their families so that they may be reunited, and returned to their homes with support. Some children are being cared for by CCIs, Charitable Children's Institutions, and they too are to be registered and reunited with families. The amount of work to be done is scary, and the most difficult part is that there are just so many children who are in desperate need of help, and we have to prioritise them. Those prioritised at present will at least get some limited help. There is also a focus on children who are looking after other children, living in what's known as Child Headed Households. I am now coordinating some of this work but i've also been asked to look at and advise on child protection policies, so it looks like i'm going to be busy! Next week i fly to Kisumu, by Lake Victoria to assess the situation up there.
I've take some great photos but I'm having real problems with sending and uploading them. The internet access is poor, very slow and annoying. It took me 30 minutes to send two emails the other day. hopefully photos will be up soon, videos even!!
The short rains seem to have arrived. In Eldoret it rained quite a lot and now in Nairobi too. The wildlife is amazing, blue, red and yellow birds, Great Malibu Storks everywhere, and even birds of prey in the gardens where i'm staying, and African Flycatchers too apparently. I saw zebras and baboons by the roadside on the way to Nakuru. Having lunch in the UN garden the other day i was ducking to avoid the Black Kite that was swooping in between the tables and umbrellas to get the leftovers - an amazing sight for me but they were all used to it.
Love to you all x