New Dawn Senior Class Outing

Today we took the senior class of New Dawn Academy on a cultural outing to the Nairobi Giraffe Center.  Typical school children visit this park as part of their regular education, but the students from New Dawn have not had the same opportunities.  They first heard a brief lecture about the different giraffes found in Kenya and then learned about the conservation efforts being promoted by the park.  The highlight of course was feeding the giraffes!  

Joyce is a student many of us have connected with before during our past Healing Arts camps.  She will be graduating this December!  

 The team also got a tour of the grounds to learn about recycling efforts and new solar panels being employed at the center.

 We had lunch with all the seniors back at our guest house and then gave out little care packages that we had prepared for them.

To hear the story of New Dawn and especially the story of Rapson, the boy in the middle with the red bag, see the link below.  Just a warning, get your tissue out.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13yr-_8gs2kFpy95Dv01c2H4m_akkDf3n/view?usp=sharing

Vasiliy really bonded with Rapson and brought his story to our attention. 

Good bye from New Dawn Seniors.  Many thanks for a great day!