Entertainment

As Nakuru isn't a particularly touristy area it has become evident that there isn't much to in way of entertainment. We've noticed during our frequent trips to town in the afternoons that many Kenyans spend most of their time "just chillin'", sitting outside in the sun.
In the slum there is a public tv room with listings of what will be shown, but we are lucky to be living in a house with it's own televison. We described the Mexican drama that we enjoy but as Alex is a pastor, religious channels tend to be left on throughout the day.

At the school, toys are non-existent but as most of the children live in the slums they're used to making entertainment out of anything they can find.
Lots of the young girls like to draw in the dirt with sticks and stones, especially the image of 'simba' or a lion. Girls also love doing hand-clapping rhymes or skipping with ropes made out of grass or rubber tubing.
There is one football for the boys but they also have good imaginations and last Friday used a plastic bottle as a tee and played golf with a tennis ball and a club with no head.
The imaginations of the youngest children never fail to amaze us. One day a pupil dragged a chair through the dirt to make two parallel lines around the school yard, then a line of children "choo-choo"ed their way down the train track.
In our last week, as farewell gifts, we're looking into buying a few toys for the schoolchildren.