KENYA
Call of Duty
Submitted by Linda on Fri, 28/01/2011 - 23:15Naz Kanwal wrote this amazing poem after volunteering in Kenya with Platform2. Amazing - thanks so much Naz.
I used to see it on the telly, during the short breaks...
Countries fighting, children dying, mothers crying, fathers nowhere to be seen,
A country in chaos, bursting with poverty, the world’s worst ‘enemy’.
I’d turn a blind eye and whisper to myself,
“Well my life’s no fantasy. I fight, I hurt, I cry. My life’s in chaos too!?”
Such ignorance taught me a lesson when I was given a serious reality check...
So I went out to Africa to see what all the ‘fuss’ was about,
Returnees in action - Jack Martin
Submitted by Linda on Fri, 24/12/2010 - 16:58Jack Martin - Platform2 Returnee and Gap Year Volunteer
A two week trip to Kenya, and two weeks working at the climate change conference in Copenhagen.
My Kenyan Experience by Uzair Choughtai
Submitted by Emma Flynn on Thu, 16/12/2010 - 11:33December 5th was International Volunteers Day. In the last 3 years Platform2 has worked with around 3000 amazing volunteers so we had a lot to celebrate.
Volunteers have been sending us articles about how volunteering has impacted on them - this is one of our favourites by Uzair Choughtai!
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