Visiting the Nest

7/9 The Nest

Visiting “The nest”. The nest is an orphanage for small kids. Most of them do not have parents at all, but a few has parents (mothers) in prison. Most of the orphans are adopted, but Kenya law says that a child can not be adopted until it is 6 months old, so they need care until then. Many adoptions are international, but surprisingly many are also local. In Kenya you can adopt a child as a single parent, but for international adoptions you need two parents.

The plan with this activity is to make photo books of a few of the children, to give to their adopting parents to keep. This way the child will always have photos of were and with whom they spent their first months in life. I’ve heard that many adopted kids lack a sense of what there first home was like and I hope I can give them a part of their history to keep.

I met a few of the babies, there were five really small (3-6 months) and 16 that were around a year. I could not get started though, because the boss was not there and I want to be given permission before I start. The staff always need help with all the children, so I guess there is going to be a lot to do at The Nest!