Travel Preparation

There is a lot of preparation for this experience - from the logistics of passports, visas and vaccines, to fundraising for menstrual cups, to reading about Kenya. Please be sure you are on top of everything! Here's a monthly outline of what needs to happen:

August

• Watch Queen of Katwe
• Watch the Short Videos (linked on Pre-Work page)
• Schedule meeting times with Home Group
• Learn to count to ten in Swahili and learn basic phrases

September

• Meet with Home Group
• Read Ch. 1-4 of Onward
• Start fundraising
• Complete Healthy Survey and Emergency Contact Survey
• Make a doctor appointment to discuss vaccines
• Consider buying your plane ticket

October

• Read Things Fall Apart
• Meet with Home Group
• Continue practicing Swahili phrases
• Keep fundraising

November

• Read short story
• Watch The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
• Meet with Home Group
• Continue practicing Swahili phrases
• Raise some more funds

December

• Read Unbowed
• Meet with Home Group
• Continue practicing Swahili phrases
• And raise more funds!

January

• Read your choice of book - prepare to discuss it in Nairobi
• Meet with Home Group
• Finalize your PD session (due no later than January 15)
• Add the Photo Circle app to your phone so that we can share photos with each other.
• Continue practicing Swahili phrases
• Pack!
• Get malaria medication and start taking it