WEEK 2..........

Public speaking (Ann aka Shanstyvs)

This is more of how to associate with people and make your infomation heard the best way possible. While learning about it on Friday last week I came into contact with one of the things that I thought I had overcome. This includes fear of what others will think of me when am through with my presentation. Our beautiful and outstanding sitawa gave us a topic on which we were to discuss on what we had learnt.

I was so nervous because the topic on which I was given I was not there when they learnt about it, but through my miraculous way out of a better word to use I  actually did present though like 40% of what I said I was not sure of. It entailed treatment gap and mathare teaching and referral hospital.

FIELD VISIT TO OLEKASISI IN RONGAI .

 The following events took place on the 19th of March 2014, at Olekasisi Community in Rongai , between 10am and 12 pm :-)

Mrs. Joyce King'ori from Basic Needs, facilitating the talk on mental health conditions at Olekasisi

 Muita

Wednesday morning began by being cold and rainy. Where I come from, that signifies a good day ahead   we first made a brief stop at Africa Nazarene University where our organizations director (Mrs. Joyce King'ori) had a brief meeting with the head of the counseling department Ms Ruth, so as to make preliminary arrangements of our youth forum on mental health at the university. .....we will keep you posted on the dates of the forum and how things will be so keep reading 
After the meeting at Africa Nazarene University, we set out for the Chief's camp at Olekasisi. The community members and the area Chief MR Kimani were ready for us and we began immediately. We first prayed, introduced ourselves and got down to business.

WEEK ONE

This was mainly getting to learn on mental health conditions, use of social media as a platform to create awareness on mental health conditions and the current mental health policy, challenges and legislation in the country.

INDUCTION ::::::::::::::::::> DAY ONE

Ann, Carol, Muita, Sitawa and Emily

We were expected to be in the office by 9 am on the 4^th of March 2014. We were so excited to have clinched this lifetime opportunity to join the BasicNeeds Kenya family.

Induction started at around 10 am, and we began by bonding over a cup of tea and some lovely hot mandazi offered to us by the very lovely Eunice.