Mambo! Sasa?<\/p>\n
My swahili, or kiswahili is getting better. Especially now that I\u2019ve got to practice all day with a bunch of amazing kids in Kibera. Today was the first day I got to experience another reality here in Kenya. No armed guards or running water. Sophie, the director of 5 C Human Rights Theater group very kindly invited me to her home and let me hang out with her family and friends all day. She met me at a mall close by my house and then we took a matatau, a small minibus, to her house. Now I\u2019m her adopted Swedish daughter and she\u2019s going to teach me some genuine Kenyan cooking and take care of me whilst I\u2019m here. The older kids taught me how to count in Swahili and I taught them how to count in Swedish. And Sophie also told me to stop being a baby about the matataus (apparently they drive like crazy and are quite crowded and a haven for pick-pockets, so I still need to keep my guard up though) and just go ahead and take them. Something that will save me around 570 KSH a day. The taxi to her house is 600 KSH and the matataus are only 30 KSH combined.<\/p>\n
Besides hanging out and taking about life, eating really good food and messing around with the three youngest ones Sophie also told me a lot about what she does, what\u2019s she\u2019s passionate about and what some of the struggles women in Kenya face on a day to day basis. We also of course got to talk a lot about Kibera, and since she lives in the highest building in Kibera she showed me the view from the rooftop. We also walked around in the local market where food is like three times cheaper than in the supermarket I\u2019ve been to. It\u2019s so strange to imagine that Kibera, one of Africas largest and most crowded informal settlements is so very close to where I\u2019m sitting now, I\u2019m my very comfortable and spacious living room\u2013we are three people on four bedrooms and a large living-room. It\u2019s only about 15 minutes by car. But in these two worlds the reality of everyday life is so different. Tomorrow I\u2019m heading back to Sophie\u2019s and staying until Sunday. Mama Reina (that\u2019s what the children calls Sophie since her youngest daughter is named Reina) has fixed me my own bed in the same room as Patty and Ryan and since it\u2019s weekend tomorrow I\u2019m hoping on meeting more people who can share an insight into their everyday life. Also. I\u2019m brining my camera tomorrow so hopefully I\u2019ll get some great pictures!<\/p>\n