The last volunteering day - Friday January 17
Walked to volunteering and got some mangos for our goodbye party. Kelse, my fellow volunteer from Spain brought chocolate cake. We would celebrate at lunchtime.
When we got to the store only two women were there and right away we started making chopati, as we had asked.
Finally, Everlyne arrived with Helen, a hilarious power woman, and they gave me a huge bear hug. It was very nice and I know ill be missed.
I then discussed some business with Everlyne that needed to be taken care of. We got a box ready that I would be taking home full of products for me to sell and to given to a past volunteer from Boston to sell. I opened the laptop she received 4 days ago, along with a camera a past volunteer left for the group. I deleted unnecessary photos then uploaded the ones of the PWG women to send to the past volunteer to upload on the Facebook page.
For lunch we ate the chopati and had a cho-party! We brought out the cake and mangos, the ladies sang and we all danced. The two fellow volunteers stopped by again for a little but as they do every day now. The women have come to love these two guys and they are practically part of the family. While we sang and danced, they brought out their guitar and violin.
In the afternoon, I went to an internet cafe with Everlyne to look at the PayPal account. I thought one must have an ATM card to have PayPal account, but turns out you don't need to have one! The power women group has their own bank account but they are not allowed to have an ATM card because of their group business status. Everlyne was going to have to open a personal account and only use it for the PWG. I'm very glad she doesn't have to do that anymore.
While helping Kelse, my fellow PWG volunteer, the ladies began to sing again and presented us with our very own power women group t-shirts! I already bought one for about $8, but I'm glad I have two in case something happens to one of the shirts.
Outside for some group photos then I said my goodbyes and left. It didn't really feel like a goodbye, hopefully one day Everlyne will be so technically advanced that we can Skype!
We took a cab home because I had the big box and the laptop with me. Ill be working on the laptop over the weekend and will give it to a friend to take back to the PWG shop on Monday.
We ate dinner at home and decided to of out on the town because it was one of the customer's last night in Kenya. We went to a bar/club called Simmers. It was a little creepy, but we had fun on the dance floor and getting some food.
Walked to volunteering and got some mangos for our goodbye party. Kelse, my fellow volunteer from Spain brought chocolate cake. We would celebrate at lunchtime.
When we got to the store only two women were there and right away we started making chopati, as we had asked.
Finally, Everlyne arrived with Helen, a hilarious power woman, and they gave me a huge bear hug. It was very nice and I know ill be missed.
I then discussed some business with Everlyne that needed to be taken care of. We got a box ready that I would be taking home full of products for me to sell and to given to a past volunteer from Boston to sell. I opened the laptop she received 4 days ago, along with a camera a past volunteer left for the group. I deleted unnecessary photos then uploaded the ones of the PWG women to send to the past volunteer to upload on the Facebook page.
For lunch we ate the chopati and had a cho-party! We brought out the cake and mangos, the ladies sang and we all danced. The two fellow volunteers stopped by again for a little but as they do every day now. The women have come to love these two guys and they are practically part of the family. While we sang and danced, they brought out their guitar and violin.
In the afternoon, I went to an internet cafe with Everlyne to look at the PayPal account. I thought one must have an ATM card to have PayPal account, but turns out you don't need to have one! The power women group has their own bank account but they are not allowed to have an ATM card because of their group business status. Everlyne was going to have to open a personal account and only use it for the PWG. I'm very glad she doesn't have to do that anymore.
While helping Kelse, my fellow PWG volunteer, the ladies began to sing again and presented us with our very own power women group t-shirts! I already bought one for about $8, but I'm glad I have two in case something happens to one of the shirts.
Outside for some group photos then I said my goodbyes and left. It didn't really feel like a goodbye, hopefully one day Everlyne will be so technically advanced that we can Skype!
We took a cab home because I had the big box and the laptop with me. Ill be working on the laptop over the weekend and will give it to a friend to take back to the PWG shop on Monday.
We ate dinner at home and decided to of out on the town because it was one of the customer's last night in Kenya. We went to a bar/club called Simmers. It was a little creepy, but we had fun on the dance floor and getting some food.
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