A Mzungu in Africa

My life in St Judes School,Tanzania from January 2006

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Our new family members - Our Kid, Kitten and Kuku

Over the last few months, we have acquired some unexpected members in our Volunteer family.

Our first arrival was Cora, the daughter of a new volunteer Zac and his wife Tess.

Cora is just over a year old and after a short while, seems to have become more comfortable at the school. They live in town but regularly come out to the school to visit.

Having a child around is lovely (along with 700 others that is). The children at school find it absolutely fascinating to have a white child to carry around, poke and prod. I'm not sure Cora is quite as fascinated by them, probably a little bit freaked out sometimes, and other times she's a little indifferent! I like watching her learn new words, finding her feet and getting bigger - even in the short few months she has been here.

Our second addition was Kuku, a chicken. Given as a present to Anne, one of the volunteers, we decided we would keep her (I think a chicken is a female bit don't quote me on that). So Kuku has been wandering around our volunteer area and loves to sit on my bike. She can't reach the pedals though so I don't think she'll be taking off any time soon!

We're hoping she's going to lay some eggs now that she's hanging around with a local rooster! We're now making a pen/ chicken run for her so she can't go and sit on the kitchen table.



Our most recent addition was last night -a kitten (as yet unnamed) that is around two or three days old. The mother brought him over, left her with us and disappeared. She turned up today to check he was okay and then left again.

Currently Kitty is being carried around in a piece of fabric and fed milk through a syringe. We don't know if she will live but if she doesn't, she'll be the most loved kitten in the meantime.

Having these little additions to our family is nice. It's given us all something to care about, in the hours after school. I'll add some pics and keep you updated on their progress.

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