Pictures from Around the House

Here is a collection of some pictures of our host family and our home area.


Here is our host mother, Shiphra, and host father, Alex. Though Alex may look like a Mzungu (white person) he is actually an African with albinoism. His story about growing up in a traditional Maasai community with white skin and a disability is amazing. He actually told his story in the British Journal of Special Education and there was a big article in a Kenyan newspaper about him. Alex is incredibly inspiring. Because of his own problems with his disability he has a passion for helping the disabled. He works in the Ministry of Education training teachers how to deal with special needs issues and also leads support groups for Albinos in Kenya and Kenyans with disabilities.

Here I am trying to get some laundry done before the sun goes down. Everything was done by hand, even chasing away the chickens from our water.

Johny and I are cashed out on the couch after a long day.

This is Beth, Alex's neice, who is cleaning up some dishes as they are preparing dinner.


Nikki is in the yard with Johny, Cialo, and Kariss (Alex's nephew who stays with the family).

This is our host sister, Michelle (aka Cialo), doing her homework inside the house. She would do hours of homework every night, which is typical for a private school.

Here I am with our family's punda on our compound. You can see the baby cows in the background.

The gateway into our home.

The bathroom at our home, which consisted of a hole. We would see many of our large eight legged friends here every night after sundown.

Nikki out in front of Alex's home on one of the warmer days that we had.


This is the home that we stayed in. My host brother Johny is on the left and his cousin, William is on the right.



Here Nikki and I are walking back with our host brother, William, from the place where we boarded a matatu. You can see the Ngong hills in the background.