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WATOTO WEMA VISIT - 6TH APRIL

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On the Sunday of 6 th April a good number of our members visited Watoto Wema children’s home in Ruai. This is an initiative that is usually coordinated by the Reach Out Program (ROP) of AYICC-K. ROP is a commitment to support the Watoto Wema Centre, an orphanage with over 56 children (35 of them are boarders) through visits, donations and mentorship. AYICC members are always dedicated to contributing time, money, foodstuff and clothes towards making life better for these children.   We converged in town then proceeded to Ruai at around Midday. It was along ride for the first timers, and fortunately we got their in time. On arrival we were shown around the home and it was amazing to see quite a number of developments that the Centre had made! There was a newly built boy’s dormitory sponsored by the Safaricom Foundation which was already complete, a girl’s dormitory and a classroom were almost complete, a new spacious kitchen had been put up, and a health centre was under cons

CHANGING THE GAME

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The Bible says, there is nothing new under the sun…. Fashion also shows us that we keep doing the same thing over and over again…you know this by the afro coming back and also the sunglasses our dads used to wear to woo our mothers… Interior designing also shows us that vintage is gold…as we try to get paintings from the times of Picasso to display in our homes… In short, there seems to be a trend with every generation that resembles the other and nothing ever really fades away… But… Technology shows us that some  things can change..we can move from sending messages through smoke and messengers to emails and chat applications.. With this in mind…indulge me for a moment… What if we as young people decide that we can be the change that is much needed, by speaking up on issues concerning protecting our environment? What if for a moment we stop living by the common phrase “Y.O.L.O” and think of the bigger picture by living in such a way that will ensure futur