Mungiki

I think I have mentioned the terrorist group Mungiki before. Antony, Dannie and I were supposed to go to Nairobi this morning. I wanted to buy medical supplies in bulk for Sidai and Dannie was going to get some more school supplies. When I got to Ngong, however, I found out that Mungiki is making threats again, so it's too dangerous to go to the city. Also, the matatus are on are strike because it is really dangerous for them to run now too. Even if we still wanted to go to the city, it would cost a ridiculous amount of money because only a few buses are willing to run. Needless to say, we will try again later this week.

I'm pretty sure I'm going with Chris and Jen (two other volunteers) to Rwanda and Uganda next week. We still haven't bought bus tickets (24 hr bus ride to Kigali - yay) or made any arrangements, but hopefully it works out!

Random - I was reading the newspaper this weekend and happened to look at the "Soulmates" section (basically classifieds section for relationships). SO MANY of them had things like "HIV positive man seeking HIV positive woman" and "HIV test a must." It's just crazy (and incredibly sad) that HIV is such a part of daily life that it has to be mentioned even in want ads.