Week 8: July 23-27

Week 8 was a busy week for ROTH and their volunteers. With the septic tank now completed, we began digging the three main pipelines from the tank exit hole for the drainage.

We began work on our long awaited eye-glasses project, See Humanity. ROTH members and volunteers started to sort pairs of glasses and their different strengths. Our eye glasses camps will be held on August 28, 29 at two different locations in and around Nakuru.

With ceiling boards now fitted, volunteers and our laborers began applying the first coat of paint to the boards. Only another two to go!

ROTH was introduced to a group of women in the Piave community who are part of SWAK (Society of Women for AIDS in Kenya. This group works with people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. One of their main focuses is the 265 AIDS orphans in Piave. After sitting in on one of their meeting we spent a morning delivering food parcels to those supported by SWAK. The counseling room in the clinic will be given to SWAK to continue their work. Future volunteers will work directly with SWAK in the counseling centre. For more information on SWAK, please email Alannah at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 20 meter trenches are dug to allow the septic tank contents to dissipate appropriately. 

Glasses are sorted according to prescriptions and recorded for easy retrieval.  Only 4,500 more to go...