Landscapes: The Children's Village, Campi NairobiThe Children's Village is located in a super picturesque area that looks more like Tuscany than anywhere in Africa I've seen before. We're on the slopes of the Ngorongoro Crater, on a patch of 7 acres that was donated to the Tanzanian Children's Fund for the purpose of creating this village. Around the Village, there are lush, rolling hills mostly filled with coffee estates. The village, as I've described in blog posts is a very well accommodated living area. We have flush toilets, twin beds and warm showers and it's all on a sort of fenced in compound to keep us safe. See my friend and fellow volunteer Tracie's blog (click the link) for a few pictures and other short posts.

Across the street, there are the traditional mud homes of a squatters' village called Campi Nairobi, which was formed by workers of the Kiran coffee estate. There are no flush toilets, a well where everyone gets their water, no electricity, etc. Lots of my kindergartners come from Campi, and it's unfortunately easy to see the difference between the kids from the Village and the kids from Campi, many of whom get their single meal of the day at the primary school because of a program started by RVCV to give kids lunch and a vitamin every school day.