Kapsabet Area

It’s a short one-hour drive to Kapsabet from Eldoret.  We made it with no problems.  Kapsabet Orphanage, home of Bernard Kibet, was the second orphanage built and so is large and comfortable feeling.  Nearby are Ngenymesut orphanage and Kipsenende orphanage.  Over the past two days, we have visited them all, spending the nights here at Kapsabet. 

I have to say that Bernard is doing an amazing job here.  Usually, I can find several things about the condition of the place or the behavior of the kids that I don’t like, but it was very hard to find any fault in any of these places.  I really appreciate that about Kibet, he always wants to improve.

We decided Monday night that we wanted to show a movie Tuesday night.  Then I realized I had forgotten to pack the audio cable to connect my iPad to the sound system.  After we had visited Ngeny this morning, we tried finding one in Kapsabet town, but to no avail.  We got close, finding the right cable on one end and some connectors to change out on the other end.  We found a soldering iron and some solder, at two different shops, that I used to change the connectors.

While we were setting up the dining hall for the movie, we discovered the electrical outlet we needed was not working.  I have encountered that in many places in Kenya, so this time I was prepared.  I had bought a couple of outlets at Nakumatt earlier in the week.  I switched off the breaker and was ready to get started changing it out, when I got that tingly feeling of danger.  Sure enough, the wires were still live.  We had to switch off power to the whole campus to get that outlet safe.  Someone had wired around the breaker panel.

After the repair, the room started to fill up with kids from here and Ngenymesut.  We covered all the windows because it was still early, and watched the movie “Gravity.”  I had to do a fair bit of explaining before the movie about space in general, seems it’s not much on the syllabus here.  They really enjoyed the film. 

This morning we are packing to leave this place and head down to Muhoroni Orphanage.  After our visit there, we will spend the night at the Tea Hotel in Kericho.