Operation smile concert 2012.

Operation smile concert 2012.

The operation smile concert was a concert put on by the club, operation smile and by the composer club. I have been part of the club, operation smile since February and I find it a very inspirational club because it really does help people and the results are visible.

For the concert, I had to start preparing a head of time by making 30 cupcakes all with smiles one them. This took all afternoon and I was angry when it started raining because it was going to be difficult to get the cupcakes to the car. When I arrived at the event, I help set up the food stand and then went to lend a hand ushering. At the intermission, I helped sell the food.

I thought for the part of the composers club, it was a really well done concert and I was proud of how much money as a club we are able to raise. For one Childs surgery, it cost 250 dollars and we were able to raise 145,000 ksh from ticket sales and food and drink sales. This is enough to impact and change SEVEN children’s life’s and I t makes me proud to be associated with a club that changes people lives. Our original goal was to only raise enough for one child’s surgery, but now we have enough for six more.

I feel that this club really does change the world, as children with deformalities, especially ones that can be seen are usually outcasts and treated badly. In most traditional Kenyan societies, these children are even seen as a taboo and are not loved by their parents and are often left to die or are not allowed to leave the house, even not allowed to go to school. These children with a simple surgery will be able to live a normal life and finally have many things to smile about. This gave my a reason to smile because i know i am fortunate enough to come from a privileged family that can afford to pay for a surgery if i should need one or if  i needed one, but most of the world especially developing countries live in poverty and i find that sad.

Hope house #3

On the Monday of the Easter weekend, I went to hope house again. Today I spent 4 hours making new cotton balls out of normal cotton for the babies. After that I got to help clean James is umbilical cord which hasn’t yet fallen out.

 I find it appalling that a person would just throw away a baby like that and not even give a second glance. I feel like such people should be considered murderers because that is exactly what they are doing, murdering the babies. Babies are innocent and don’t even know wrong from right and it really hurts me to see them being treated as disposable items.  For example, my small brother that we adopted from hope house, was found in a plastic bag by the side of the highway when he was less than 3 weeks old. It would have been a shame if such a sweet baby had died because it got run over by a car or died of hypothermia. This is one of the reason I like helping out at hope house, because I believe in what they are doing and I fell a close connection o them as they saved my wonderful little brother.

hope house #2

On the Saturday of the Easter weekend I returned to hope house and was happy to go back. Today there were less volunteers and the babies were very quiet. It was fun playing with them and I taught the volunteers a new game that I play with my own baby brother at home. It is a traditional Dutch game for little children and they seem to love it. it is called BOKIE. I got to feed Virginia again and I enjoyed that.

Hope house # 1

During the Easter weekend, I went to hope house to do community service. I choose hope house as my main place to do community service because I like babies and I have helped out there before. When I arrived my first task was to help wash the babies and dress them for afternoon. I immediately fell in love with David, this small little whiny boy. There was also Virginia, a quiet little girl who seemed very happy. After washing and dressing 6 babies, why took them the eating place and I got to help feed Virginia and David. It was a nice experience and she was not fussy like my brother at home. After lunch. We put the bigger children to sleep and then I had to go take care of the little ones. There was Amos, who was the chubbiest baby I have ever seen, but he also had the widest smile. The smallest baby at the house it less than 13 days and I find that really sad. I played with Amos and James until it was 5 and then I went home.

Ushering for the Macbeth Play

I enjoyed ushering for the Macbeth play because it let me see the more creative side of my school and I got to meet new people. It was also helpful because it allowed me to help me grade too, to raise money for prom. Though this activity I learned that everybody has a strong side, for example mine is sport and the actors is acting.