Karama House

January 12, 2009

 

Yesterday we had our first Karama House meeting with most of the girls. There were just five of them because the other two are coming to Shelter today.  I had Paul video most of it so that you all can see who was in the meeting and how it went.

We were missing Ann and Deborah but I had explained everything to them last week when I saw them in Nairobi.

Check out the video to see how it went:

http://www.vimeo.com/2899425 

After the meeting everyone went to the dorm and got their belongings to move into their new homes in the guesthouses. There were three rooms available so three girls had to share a room until one of the volunteers left. I told them that since the other two were not here yet, this would be a temporary roommate situation. Once the other two came, we would be switching roommates. I did this because I wanted them not to stay with their best friend. I want them to learn how to live with other people and get to know everyone better. When they go off to college and stay in hostels, they will be forced to live with at least six other girls that they don’t know. This will give them some practice on how to deal with other females their age that they may not know very well.  I know that they stayed in the dorms with about 80 other people but a lot of them were younger girls that they were helping to take care of. This time, they are with their peers the whole time and they need to learn how to get along without gossiping and complaining to their friends like most girls do. I think it will work out just fine but we will have to see!