My First Day

I'm finally here! Today I went out and visited a whole bunch of sites including Girl Up, Special Children Trust, and the YPDDF(Youth with Physical Disabilities Development Forum).

 Something crazy happened at the Special Children Trust. Here's what happened. So my sister and I were really bored so we decided to swing on the swing set while my mom was talking to the director. Then all of a sudden these two kids that were probably eight years old ran out of there classroom and sprinted towards us yelling "muzungo"(that means white person)! Then a guard ran out and yelled at them telling them to go back, but only the girl ran back. The little boy kept running and at first I thought that he was a good little kid and was only interested in us since we are white people but then he ran up behind me and pulled back my swing. Then just when it was far enough, he grabbed my hair. I originally thought that he just wanted to touch my hair because a lot of people do in Africa(strange fact). But then he started pulling and he yanked and he pulled and I almost fell backwards! Then he ripped a huge chunk of my hair out! After me he ran at my sister, but she was more prepared than I was and started running away. He chased her, but eventually he ran out of energy and WALKED back to his classroom.

I really liked Girl Up because they help really poor girls to get an education and learn how to sew which is helpful for making money. They do a lot of activities that help with self- esteem and help girls to live a better life, more like girls in America. They sang a bunch of songs and seemed very happy.

These kids are from YPDDF.  The boy with the school uniform was very happy, his name is Sam.  One of the girls in the far back with the pink shirt uses a wheelchair with a special adaptation that allows her to write with her left foot because she can't use her hands to write!