The document discusses a proposed field trip to Kenya, Africa. It provides information about travel documents required, recommended vaccines, and facts about Kenya. Photos show scenes from Nairobi, including street life, markets, and the Karen Blixen Museum. Videos feature Kenyan children who often only receive 3 meals per day. School children are shown wearing uniforms and studying in basic one-room school buildings. The assignment at the end asks the reader to compare and contrast their childhood to that of Kenyan children based on what was presented.

1. Let’s Travel to Kenya, Africa

2. Oh The Things We’ll See!
• Nairobi, the Capital
• Karen’s Museum
• The children
• The slums
• The schools

3. But Wait!
What travel documents do we need?
What vaccines do we need (if any)?

4. Click to select the correct travel
document required.
1. NC Driver’s License
2. Birth Certificate
3. Passport

5. Sorry…
Try again.

6. You’re absolutely correct ! !
All travelers traveling to foreign
countries are required to
have a passport from their
nation of citizenship.

7. The CDC has information about
vaccines. Select the correct definition
of CDC.
1. CDC is the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention sponsored by the United Nations.
2. CDC is the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, sponsored by the US government.
.
3. CDC is the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, sponsored by the African
government.

8. Sorry…
Try again.

9. You’re absolutely correct ! !
The CDC provides vaccine information for US citizens
traveling to foreign countries.
Click on the link below.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/kenya.htm.
What vaccines (if any) are required for US citizens
travelling to Kenya?

10. Kenya
Things you should know
• Population of 39.8 million people
• Kenya is 224,962 square miles in size
• Like NC, it has an east coast location
• Kenyans speak Bantu Swahili and English
• Kenya’s currency is the Kenyan Shilling
• 150,000 Kenyans died due to aids in 2003*
• Death by aids is decreasing*
*http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-kenya.htm

11. Which of the following image(s) do
you believe are of Nairobi, the capital
city?
1 2 3
Find the Answer
on the next slide

12. Nairobi is a poor but
industrial city. Visitors will
see Mercedes cars and
donkey-drawn wooden
carts.
There are beautiful gardens
in Nairobi.
One of the world’s poorest
slums is in Nairobi.

13. Sights and Sounds of Nairobi
(Mrs. James’ trip, 2010)
A street beggar trying to sell puppies to our van as we drove by.

14. The street-side ‘cafes’
Can I take your order?

15. City Streets

16. The market of the
local craftsmen and
women

17. The Movie Out of Africa was filmed
near Nairobi, Kenya. It was based, in
part on the life of Karen Blixen.
Click on the poster to watch a film clip of the movie.

18. Scenes of the real Karen Blixen’s

19. African ‘help’ at Karen’s home.

20. Scenes from inside Karen’s home
as reconstructed in the Karen
Blixen Museum in Nairobi..
Karen’s homes in Nairobi and in Denmark have each been
converted to museums.

21. The beautiful children of Kenya
Click the image to watch a video of the children.
These children live in the slums of Nairobi. They receive 3
meals per week; 2 of porridge, and one of rice and beans.

22. Pre-school in Kenya
Children are required to wear uniforms.
Without uniforms, they cannot attend school.

23. Have you ever lived in a slum, only had 3 meals a day, and cared for your
younger sibling? Both girls and boys shave their heads due to lice.

24. The one-room school building
The playground

25. A very special treat of ice cream and cake. For some, the ice cream was too cold
to eat. They stirred it until it almost became warm milk.

26. The Older Children at School

27. ..no whiteboards, here.

28. This is a boarding school. The students live here for 9 months. Each week,
they must wash their clothes, which is ONE uniform per student .

29. They are the lucky ones. Unlike the children who live in the slums, they get
a snack of porridge and a lunch of rice, beans, and cabbage every day.

30. School in Kenya
• Without a uniform, a child can’t go to school
• Without school, the child will have little to eat
• Without an education, they live a life of poverty
• Children try desperately to go to school
• Children study and work very hard in school
• Students have ONE chance to take the 8th Grade
Cummulative Exam
• If students fail the 8th grade exam, they can NOT
return to school....ever!

31. Your Assignment
Create an assignment comparing and contrasting your life as a youth
and as a student to the children in Kenya. You may choose to
present your assignment from one of the formats listed below:
 Create an avatar or 2 (American and Kenyan) to tell the differences
 Write a one to two page, double-spaced paper
 Create a tri-fold poster-board
You must include the following:
• 3 differences
• 3 similarities
• Identify which lifestyle you think is best, explain your opinion
• Recent facts (within the last 2 years) of child poverty rates, and child death
rates due to aid in Kenya
• At least w photos or drawings to support your opinion (bullet 3)
• Did the field trip change your personal opinions about your school,
why or why not