While in Kenya, we visited a local private school called “Little Roots”.
It educates children from the ages of 2.5 years all the way up to 17 years.
We met the head teacher, Mary.
She says she’s 64. She looks 50!
Here’s some of the youngest children at the school:
Lovely Mary. All smiles. Loves her work, loves the children.
Mary tells us that some of the children live at the school, some come from afar, travelling for 1.5 hours just to get there.
School starts at 8am and finishes at 6pm.
With 1.5 hours travelling each way, for some of the children their school day starts at 6.30 am and ends at 7.30 pm!
We visit the youngest class. Twenty-five children aged 2.5 years and they all stand to attention, when we walk in.
Twenty-five pairs of beautiful eyes staring at us.
They start to sing.
My wife and I wanted to cry!
We took some sweets to hand out and they lined up one by one.
More classes were visited….
And more children singing the ‘Doctor’ song:
The children were proud. They were brave and eager to please.
We also took some pens, paper, pencils and t-shirts for the school. They were so grateful.
We loved the school and the children.
Next we visited a local village. Bacari was the CHIEF.
Bacari wasn’t what I expected.
I expected a big muscular man with his face painted, a loin cloth and bones through his nose.
Perhaps I’ve been watching too much TV.
Bacari was small, dressed in t-shirt and ‘puma’ shorts.
He showed us around his house – a mud hut.
He had a sitting room, and a bedroom and lived with his wife and 5 children.
The whole house was smaller than my bedroom, back in the UK.
Then we met the Witch Doctor!
He made his potions and medicine from the local natural ingredients.
He didn’t speak. Bacari did all the speaking. Bacari explained that the Witch Doctor could tell what was wrong with you by just looking at you.
He could ‘x-ray’ you and then cure you within 3 days, no matter what you had!
Here’s Bacari and the Witch Doctor:
Then the Doctor showed us his home brew. Coconut wine. We all tasted it. It was foul! Like milky vinegar.
Then we were treated to a village dance., Kenyan style. We joined in. It was energetic and fun.
The village dancers – I just loved the ‘trumpet’ sound:
We purchased some trinkets and gave a donation.
It was a great time. Nice to see a local village and how they lived.
Ten minutes later we were back at the hotel.
We had lunch, some beer and a dip in the pool.
That night, my wife and I slept in the largest bed you’ve ever seen. Almost as big as Bacari’s whole house. We had air conditioning. We had a personal chef who cooked exclusively for us.
A different world to where we were just a short time ago.
We told everyone what a wonderful time we had. It was one of the highlights of the holiday.
I
am very happy to provide a testimonial for Andrew Rondeau. All the parts of
the process of working with Andrew were a pleasure. He clarified what I was
wanting and he delivered it without fuss. He was courteous and prompt in all
his dealings with me. I have no hesitation in recommending Andrew to anyone
who wants work done on their blog.
I was introduced to Andrew by a dear friend Corinne Edwards and Andrew as transformed by blog in ways that have reaped results. My membership has gone up and my blog always looks clean and easy to read. Whenever I send Andrew a request to check out - it's ALWAYS prompt and easy to understand. In my humble opinion he is the BEST when it comes to knowledge of the blogging world.
Andrew is highly knowledgeable about blogs and very customer service focused. I knew nothing about blogs and Andrew was very kind, patient, pleasant to work with, receptive and responsive. Work was delivered in timely manner and if I need anything done for blog again I would use Andrew. If you are looking for quality work, excellent customer service and someone that really gets YOU and your needs, I recommend Andrew!.
I've spent insane amounts of money in the past with former webmasters until I discovered Andrew Rondeau.
Andrew is the real deal and he knows his stuff! His customer service is superb and he gets your work done FAST! You won't need to wait around for endless weeks to see results. Most importantly he works on the site as if it's his own, thus you are assured that you will get the best quality service. I now give Andrew all of my new and old sites to work on. Trust me; you cannot go wrong with this gentleman!
Having worked with Andrew on and off over the last year, I have found him to be very patient, helpful and easy to work with. He is also very knowledgeable, supportive and a true expert.
Andrew
has extensive knowledge about internet marketing, SEO and building web
sites/blogs. His course explained everything in an easy to understand
way and I now have a web site that is generating me new clients and
producing income from internet product sales.
Andrew is an asset to our ongoing website and social media needs. He responds quickly, accurately, and cost effectively. Andrew plays a consultative role in many aspects to our online needs.
Thank you Andrew for your patience in getting my website and on-line courses on-line and selling. You were fantastic in learning the delivery platform software that I had chosen and you were across the complexities quickly. Your detailed approach in setting guidelines and deliverables bought my focus back to where it should be and got the job done. Thank you for all your efforts it was a pleasure.
Without Andrew, I wouldn't even have a blog -- I would still just be sitting here, staring at my computer, feeling confused and helpless. With Andrew, I no longer fear confusion and it's impossible to feel helpless. He exerts any and all necessary efforts to resolve any problem or perplexity -- quickly, kindly, intelligently, up to and including IM exchanges in real time via skype. I would urge anyone at any level of expertise (or not) to make the most of his extraordinary talent.
Andrew Rondeau is the genius behind http://www.webuildyourblog.com.
Andrew
is highly knowledgeable about blogs, and you can get your blog up and running
successfully and fast. Andrew has helped me immeasurably with
my blog and he is patient and good natured and a wonderful teacher. 
Andrew was kind enough to offer up his own time as part of an initiative to make the world a better place, and I was one of the beneficiaries of that effort. He spent an hour with me working on improving my bounce rate; he suggested several helpful strategies. Most importantly, he helped me with some key processes to help speed up my site, which had bogged down considerably with overuse of graphics. Andrew helped me get set up with Rackspace, which helped so much. From a load time of almost 30 seconds, the site sped up to about a 6 second load. Thanks so much, Andrew!
Andrew
at WeBuildYourBlog.com is the most responsive and flexible person
I've worked with.
The
end result is a fantastic site that is attracting a lot more attention
and visitors than my old one.
I have been online since 1996 and in that time I have been involved in the development of almost 400 web sites for my clients. I have worked with a wide variety of vendors and I have to tell you that Andrew @ We Build Your Blog has far exceeded my expectations. In addition to his vast knowledge and expertise, he is a genuinely great guy, who always goes the extra mile. I highly recommend him, in fact I only recommend him now for web development.
I happened to stumble upon Andrew's website (WeBuildYourBlog.com) while searching for blogging services that would help me start my very own blog. I was a total newbie when it came to the blogging world. Fast forward 3 months and not only do I have my own awesome blog, but friends and family are actually asking me how to start their own blog and I am able to set their blogs up for them! In only 3 months under Andrew's guidance I went from total newbie to being sought after. Thanks Andrew!
I wanted a stylish website that presented my original abstract art in a visually attractive way. Andrew came highly recommended to me as a "no nonsense" practitioner. He does exactly what he says he will do: I give him the parameters to work within and he provides a quick and precise service. You will receive nothing but the best from Andrew!
I
approached Andrew in February 2010, because I needed to enhance the way I communicated
my business. 
I
was impressed with the excellent service. 
The best blog builder, and the best blog maintenance, I've ever met is Andrew Rondeau. This fellow is an authentic professional in every sense of the word. He's lightning fast, knowledgeable, competent, a skilled listener. He goes the extra mile. He's able to share his passion for his work and products without being pushy. He as other great internet skills, too, but his most impressive attribute is mastery of website building.
Hi, Andrew Rondeau here and this blog, my blog, will not lie to you. I will give it to you straight.This blog is about blogging, the Internet and sharing my experiences and advice on