We got the meeting! The head of Safaricom’s Social Works and Funding Division (AKA BIG time corporate funding) finally answered one of our phone calls and Simon set it up for Thursday at noon. It’s not exactly the type of work that I thought I would be doing when I signed up for the children’s center, but fundraising would be supremely more beneficial than anything else I would be doing. Hopefully all goes well as we have spent the past two weeks updating our databases, fixing our budget (which had basic mathematical errors and somehow left out funding for 8 children), and working on pamphlets and a powerpoint presentation.
Well Simon and I have been doing the bulk of it and have probably come off as a little crass when interacting with some of the lazier staff members. And I say that earnestly as just yesterday (Friday) I witnessed Rose (27 year old post-grad student, weighs about 230) try to reach over the side of the couch to grab a pair of flip flops and fail. So, she yelled out the door to one of the children playing and had him come in and move them closer to her feet. You can only imagine what her work ethic is like for the actual work.
But in any case, we should be ready for the meeting and have even considered buying second hand suits for the occasion as my only clothes are the rugged outdoors type save my traditional Togolese cotton suits, which would most likely get me laughed out of the building.
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