It has been more than three hours since I first came into the club. I took a Boda from the centre and arrived here after more than thirty minutes for a journey which normally takes only fifteen minutes. The reason for that is that it was me who found the Boda Boda man and told him where I wanted to go. I told him, 'no Wandegeya," after he said yes, I repeated myself "no Wandegeya do you understand?' In the end it turned out he did not understand at all what I told him. He brought me to a place I had no idea about, especially at the time when it was late in the evening and street lights are on main roads only. I suppose that Mac knew I would get lost, so he called me at exactly the time when I felt I was getting completely lost (there are usually three stages of getting lost. First, feel might get lost; second, feel getting lost; third, feel getting completely lost). I have never been in the first two stages but always gone straight to the last stage-everything was so familiar before a sudden feeling of everything getting completely unrecognisable. After Mac's magical instructions on the phone, the Boda Boda man sent me straight to the club, where, in front of the club gate, he asked me to put an extra thousand shilling on top of the bill. I refused firmly and went into the club.
Although I have bought a modem which enables me to get access to the internet everywhere I go, but the volume of one G per month is far below what I actually consume. The 2 G per month subscription is far more expensive than I can psychologically accept-it tops up around 64 dollars per month. So I decided to come to the club to continue my work. The compromise is the speed of the internet. The internet speed here is of great slowness which one can hardly imagine. Loading one photo already took me an hour.
I have just had my third soda today and is going to ask for another one to cherish the attitude of working in the very early morning. This is the second post from the club. This is a sleepless night. This is a night with loud local music and quite darkness.
An Announcement from the Management
To all friends who have or have not worked with us,
Please do not offer any financial help to anyone who claims to be working with KICVOP, unless you have consulted the management of KICVOP. We have received several cases of our former volunteers offering financial help to youngsters who claimed to be working with us. The money was in the end never recovered and wasted for some personal gains.
Please be also aware that KICVOP will not ask for any financial help from you either through the organisation or our employees. All people who are officially qualified to work with us have been listed on our website: www.kicvop.org
If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me,
Email Address: landonmeng@gmail.com
Best regards,
Landon
Programme Coordinator of KICVOP
Please do not offer any financial help to anyone who claims to be working with KICVOP, unless you have consulted the management of KICVOP. We have received several cases of our former volunteers offering financial help to youngsters who claimed to be working with us. The money was in the end never recovered and wasted for some personal gains.
Please be also aware that KICVOP will not ask for any financial help from you either through the organisation or our employees. All people who are officially qualified to work with us have been listed on our website: www.kicvop.org
If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me,
Email Address: landonmeng@gmail.com
Best regards,
Landon
Programme Coordinator of KICVOP
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