I had arranged for Paul and Melchezideck to come here at 10 for a meeting so we could discuss how we can move the workshop project forward into self-sustainability. They were prompt - a good start in Africa ! I hadn't seen Melchi since I think 2013, at Maua, when I went to the school with Wendy and Jonathan.
Because of Melchi's experience with management and finance, David (head of HATW) back in Wales had asked him to help Paul over these matters, and he visits from Nairobi every four months or so.
It was a good meeting, if a bit long. We discussed individual trainee's, how to budget, ways to attract more trainees and more outside work. We are going to meet again at the workshop on Thursday,and probably Friday; Melchi has to return to Nairobi on Saturday. I 'entertained' Paul and Melchi here for lunch, which they enjoyed. Nile Perch, matoki, spinach, beans and ugali.
(Because of confidentiality, I am saying no more !!)
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Had my now usual 40 winks after lunch; something stung or bit my ankle and it itches like mad. I've got anti-itch stuff, but these creams never seem to work.
More and more flowers are appearing in the garden here after the rain, and I think these above are what we can buy in English florists as gerbera, but here they are called Barberton daisies. We used to grow these when we lived 25 miles away at Maseno, and I seem to remember different colours.
This Euphorbia millii or the Crown of Thorns plant is viciously spiny; its a native of Madagascar and grows very well in drier areas of Kenya, where it is used as a low growing hedging.
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