Saturday TBH I am glad to be leaving the UK. Things have been monumentally stressful and I am hoping that getting back to Kenya and getting stuck in will remind me why it is all worth it. That is Plan A.Plan A also included watching Paddington 2 en route. Or not, as the case transpired Read More…
November 2013(1)
Diary 1 November 2013Wednesday 13thAs I arrive in Nairobi and look around in my tiny pouch (this is a hand luggage, not an anatomical reference) for my Kenyan phone I discover that I have, in fact, carried an incendiary device, ie a disposable lighter, right through T5 security. Perhaps the guys there should have concentrated Read More…
June 2015
Diary 1 June 2015 Saturday 4th I don’t think any trip has had such a marvellous send off. The latest in Mama Biashara’s FUNdraisers is a double bill of Luca Cupani and Romina Puma. I have a 3am start tomorrow but I really want to see these previews. There is a great crowd. This group Read More…
September 2013
Wednesday 18th September 2013I don’t know what they were expecting but Terminal 5 was crawling with armed policemen. As we stood in line at security one poor woman did something to set off the red lights and pingy noises. As the entire hall watched, she was stroked, poked, squeezed and generally felt up and down Read More…
2017 November
Monday Things are not looking good. I have felt like Death Has A Bad Headache for most of this week. Spent yesterday in bed until the fragrant Sarah Chew arrived bearing enthusiasm and a bottle of cooking brandy. I demurred as I still had someone somewhere sticking pins into the head of a voodoo doll Read More…
February 2017
FRIDAY As you all know, the lead up to this trip has been … a bit fraught. However HTC Health come through today with a huge delivery of kids’ cod liver oil. Adults’ clo, glucosamine sulphate and boxes of krill oil chewies. Which even SOUND like they could make you superhuman. So we are much Read More…
Diary June 2016
27 April Seventy one young people are currently in training in Kiambu on a local authority scheme. They are getting training in masonry, electrical work, painting and decorating and other useful, saleable skills. SEVENTY ONE of our young peeps. We got the fees for these courses waived, which is amazing and all Mama Biashara had Read More…
2015 September. Goodbye Rebecca xxx
It is Sunday and I am feeling ridiculously sorry for myself. Don’t panic, you have not missed Friday and Saturday it is just I have decided to give this diary a little introductory bit. I have washed my hair (I can highly recommend Toss Liquid Laundry Detergent, gives a lovely soft feel) and cleaned the Read More…
2014 December : Toby Stokes the Juice man
A huge thank you to the excellent Toby Stokes, a whizz with a Z1, as creative in the kitchen as he is with his facial hair And unbelievably generous when he finds good fortune. Thanks to The Tobester there are 80 – yes 80 – young men will be rescued from the streets of the Read More…
So Far This Christmas Season
So far this Christmas Season we have had one ring and one pendant stolen and many many many soapstone pieces chipped, cracked or minus a vital part. Is it wrong to be MAma Biashara and want the people who do this to BURN IN HELL ? IS it ? Anyway, last diary from last trip. Read More…