Potato chips taste even better in Kenya, and 51 other Reasons to Volunteer with Reach the Children

After a trip to Kenya last year with Reach the Children, Emily Smurthwaite wrote 52 things she learned on the expedition. Here are some of them, the rest can be found at 52 things I learned in Kenya

Number One: Friendship is in the stomach. (A doctor said that when persuading us to drink Orange Fanta.)

Number Three: Never take a warm shower for granted.

Number Four: The best music for getting ready for bed is an African men's choir that is practicing nearby.



Number Seventeen: Nothing feels better than rain after a hot, long day.

Number Eighteen: The Maasi tribe lives on cow meat, cow milk, and cow blood. (For reals!)




Number Twenty Two: Jambo means hello in Swahili (not from the author, but if you listen closely, you can hear "Hakuna Matata" in the song)



Number Thirty Four: Obama has a lot of cousins and nieces and nephews in Kenya ... or so they claimed.

Number Fifty One: Kenyans are the sweetest, kindest, nicest people ever.

To learn 52 of your own lessons, join Reach the Children for an expedition!