Today was a public holiday for the end of Ramadan. All USIU classes were canceled! My roommates and I walked to a friends externship site named Amani (peace) to work on externship action plans/budgets/organizational reviews and to study for our first kiSwahili exam tomorrow. Our kiSwahili prof. is a true linguist and loves to teach too! His class is a treat; we learn kiSwahili and drink Kenyan chai for two hours!
Anyway the big event is on the horizon now! Oct. 4 is Miss and Mr. Kibera Pageant. As of now the directors of ISSA have not found an NGO to fund the pageant. They assure me everything will be alright. I am concerned.
Thankfully I am not responsible for the Pageant. I have started an action plan for a fundraising dinner to be hosted at the Sarova Stanley (a very expensive hotel in town) for 150 businessmen to come and watch the Pageant and hopefully donate money to ISSA to help ISSA pay for 22 OVC (orphaned and/or vulnerable child) children to attend school in the fall. I need Haley! She's the event planner, not me!
Tomorrow I am in Kibera to help prepare the contestants for the show on Saturday and to make any final touches to a flyer and brochure I have made for ISSA. It is the final countdown for ISSA main event and it is very exciting!
4 comments:
OH MY GOD...justine, your life is bananas!! it's like you had a weekend with the lion king!
oh and trust me, you don't need me around for event planning...remember who the backbone of nike goplay day was? that's right, it was you. i still wish i could be there to help if you needed it! so proud of you jj...i wish i could be there to see you in your element!
Awesome pic's! Good luck with the pagent and your test!
love the pictures...It looks to be an awesome place. you look great happy and more relaxed. The usual goings on here.. not too much to report sure your dad will have pictures of Gramps 80th on saturday. Weather been great until sat. of course, then a remnant of a typhoon (really can't remember when the last typhoon came thru portland)par for the course as far as I am concerned Gramps keeps saying maybe he was wrong to have it at the house...whatever!I am now officially calling it typhoon ron.
We are using a bunch of your halloween decorations and lights to gussy the place up. As far as event planning goes remember it's Hereditary. Love & Kisses, aunti C
I agree with your auntie chris - event planning is in your jeans girl! no worries there.. I am so enjoying your journey - thank you for taking the time to share with all of us. Ronald and Donna came to the boy's CYO football game last week at LaSalle. We lost but it was a beautiful day and Tim always enjoys Ronalds opinions on the game! Love you - Laura, Tim, Clark and Max
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