Amy is a great friend of Nkoaranga orphanage who is in the process of finalizing her adoption of Pray, a gorgeous five year old who lived at Nkoaranga until he was three. She has graciously agreed to write a guest post (hopefully one of many!) to keep us updated on the kids! You can read more about her journey at Kusali-To Pray. Thanks also to Amy for letting us use her gorgeous photos here and elsewhere on the site.
Maureen Ndogo
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Oh wow, my first post on The Small Things! I feel honored.
Ebenezer and his proud Baba
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Proud Dainess
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Farajah and Aroni *should* be going to SOS on Monday. The twins from Cradle of Love are going on Monday and they have been waiting since April, too. I asked Mama Andrew, but she said she hadn’t heard anything and Mama Upendo would know better. Unfortunately, Mama Upendo wasn’t there. Wema, an older Nkoaranga kid, will also join them, along with two older kids, Allan and Vumilia. HeavenLight is supposed to go, also, but he recently went to live with an aunt and last I spoke with Mama Upendo, everyone was very happy with the arrangement. Hopefully we will hear something soon about the kids going to SOS. It is past time for Faraja to be in school! And I don’t know why Aroni stayed behind after the summer holiday. His English had been progressing so quickly and he loved school. I hope SOS ends up being the perfect place for all of them.
In related news, there are two new babies. Shugya (I need to check her file for the correct spelling, but it sounds almost like “sugar” but with a “ya” at the end) is about two months old. I don’t know her story, as the mamas were very busy and we didn’t have much time to talk. She looks very healthy, though. The other newbie, Daoudi (“Dah-oo-di” Swahili for Davidi, said Mama Andrew), turned two weeks on the day we met him, making his birthday October 12th. He weighs all of two kilos and is very skinny. He is not as small as Riziki, quite a bit longer, but looks very unhealthy. I hope he will get the love and nourishment he needs to grow
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