Kenya Blog Day 5
On day five in Kenya, Sarah, the baby of the group reflects on coaching, choreography and congas… So today started rather early with the daily preacher yelling at 4.30am, pretty average wakeup call really. A few hours later we were on the bus and ready for a full day of coaching. The first three schools...
Holly Colvin Blog – Day 4
Today we had the daunting task of visiting 4 different schools, having no idea how many kids there were, the standard of them and the space we had. Coaching is all about adaptability, and in Kenya this seems to be one of the most common themes, even in day to day living. 5 different stations...
Kenya Blog Day 3
With Holly taking a deserved rest from blogging duties (for one day only) team tutor Luke is stepping up to the plate… Two of the most inspiring (and tiring) days of my coaching career culminated in more than 20 coaches and teachers in celebratory spirit after achieving either a level one or two coaching qualification....
Holly Colvin Blog – Day 2
A good load up at breakfast was required for a long day of coach education and after close avoidance of the thick gravy looking ‘porridge’, as they so called it, this was accomplished. The first task of the day was to find an internet café to upload the blog. After being hounded to buy a...
Holly Colvin Blog – Day 1
Arriving at the airport was nerve-racking, not only because I had only met one member of the team before, but also the fact that I was carrying 100kg of kit with me. Well there was really no need to worry, the team are an absolute delight and we wangled well over our allocated weight limit...
A welcome from the Project Leader
There are just over 24 hours until we begin our CWB adventure and personally I can’t wait. The training weekend proved that we have the best team and let’s not forget that this was achieved without our star international signing. I’m confident that the group will be fun, inspiring and make the all important...
Holly’s Blog – Twenty20 World Cup
It is now three days until the trip to Kenya and only yesterday I arrived back from Sri Lanka. Cricket aside, I feel Sri Lanka was a good warm up for what is to come in Kenya: bottled water, a thick spray of deet and suncream at all times. However, this did not stop me...
CWB Autumn 2012
This October volunteers from CWB will be once again travelling to Kenya to coach and develop cricket with key AIDS awareness messages. You can follow their progress here on this blog.
Meet the Team
Made up of an England international, a Scottish cricketer (who knew?!), one of this year's youngest volunteers, a man who waxed his chest for CWB, some guy who fell in a stream on a fundraising run and a seasoned campaigner with a thing for women’s scarves, meet Team Kenya! Despite having to cope without the...
About Kenya
Kenya is situated on the east coast of Africa, surrounded by Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia and Tanzania, and with the Indian Ocean along Kenya’s eastern coastline. The population is approximately 39 million. The majority of the inhabitants are Christian while the average life expectancy is 55 years. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. Kenya is...
HIV and AIDS in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV and AIDS than any other region of the world. An estimated 22.4 million people are living with HIV in the region – around two thirds of the global total. In 2008 around 1.4 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.9 million people became infected...
Cricket Without Boundaries
The Cricket Without Boundaries Trust was established in April 2005 by founder-trustees Andy Hobbs, Chris Kangis and Ed Williams. It is a registered charity in the UK, number 1111316, operating under the name of Cricket Without Boundaries (“CWB”). CWB has three main goals: To spread cricket through coaching children and teaching adults how to coach;...
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