First Day in Class

I am lucky as my course only starts next week. It gives me a bit more time to observe other courses and adjust my course to the level of knowledge and skills. Tuesday was the first day of courses and I joined Shelly, who is delivering a train the trainer couse which leads perfectly into my topic next week. In the morning we were shown to the room and started to rearrange and find the furniture. There were only a limited amount of tables and a quarter of the chairs were broken but still usable. The course was supposed to start at 8am and we considered our class full with 12 at 8.20 and started.

Interestingly during the personal introduction of the group each participant stated their religion which was quite surprising for us. So it turned out that the class was a mixture of Christians and Moslems. We were told later that Kenyans talk very freely about their religion and their belief is deeply manifested in their personality. A factor I found very interesting. After the morning break (2 h laters) another few people joined the course so that it added up to 20 people and no, the chairs and tables were not enough.

The group opened up very quickly which I would have not expected. They all are very lovely people and it was very much fun watching the group. It made me feel impatient for waiting until Monday. I wanted to get up right away and start training. The atmosphere in the course was very warm and friendly.

In the afternoon we went to the city centre to by a Simcard with Safaricom for our mobile phones. I now proudly have a Kenyan mobile number :D On our way to the centre we passed a trash dump where a group of 10 cows were trying to find some lunch and a bunch of people found a shadowy place below the only tree in the dump. The smell over here is also completely different. The air smells sweet and dusty.

In the evening we went for food and for the movies as it was my birthday. Afterwards we went midnight shopping and the team bought me a cake which they presented later on with candles and party hats. That was great of them. The team is really lovely and we all get along very well. So let's see what the next 4 weeks will bring.

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Wencke