Author: kamiel79

Joy Valley Orphanage
Joy Valley is a struggling extremely poor orphan home and informal school in a slum area of Nairobi. Children are underfed, the school is treatened with closure by the government. We visit the orphan home several times, sensitize the children, and support money for sustainable income generation: a chicken coop, a sewing machine. Jared Otieno ...
December 1. Touchdown in Nairobi.
The plane touches down in Nairobi. It's a new month, and a new continent. Immigration issues are swiftly dealt with; I learn they lowered the price for a visa to 25 dollars to attract more tourists. In the entrance hall the first thing I do is talking to a stranger, and after I made him ...
November 30. Caritas Egypt.



In the morning, after a good Egyptian breakfast, we visit Caritas Egypt as planned, and I ask a few questions about a center they are running in a more modest neighbourhood of the city. It sounds like they are doing real good work there so I decide to focus more on it ...
November 30. Caritas Egypt.
In the morning, after a good Egyptian breakfast, we visit Caritas Egypt as planned, and I ask a few questions about a center they are running in a more modest neighbourhood of the city. It sounds like they are doing real good work there so I decide to focus more on it and shortly after, ...
November 28. Reaching anybody?
After some five weeks, I become more and more convinced that the idea of Charity Travel works. Many travelers I meet on my way are enthousiastic about it, which shows me it has potential. What we have to do is

a) Reach a larger audience. I am trying everything within legal boundaries to do ...
November 27. Pharaonic village.
The pharaonic village is definitely worth a visit. Obviously, it is a tourism getaway of the purest kind, but if you want to refresh your knowledge about ancient Egypt, this is your place. I enter the village in the early afternoon and take a smooth boatride passing a dozen divine statues listening to the synchronized ...
November 25. Pyramids and idiots.
We visited caritas Egypt yesterday morning. Finding their office was quite a challenge as it is hidden away in a very lively district, away from the main street. We have to cross a huge market and I like it. The office is not luxurious and I like that too. Simplicity means sincerity. They really care. ...
November 25. Ultimate sciencefiction.
The ultimate science fiction story. Gogolian.
In the year 2079 the informational content of our brain can be copied onto other strata. Most souls are depending on silicon to survive after their biological bodies have died. Silicon is much slower though than brain tissue. For the dead souls this does not matter since they have ...
Misa village
Poor family in Misa Village, CairoThe Misa Village is within sight of the Pyramids, yet poverty is ubiquitous here.

We decide to support one family on the eve of an important religious celebration and by shoes for the children.


Namefamily in Misa village near GizaAimTo allow a destitute muslim family to celebrate ...