{"id":158,"date":"2013-10-22T14:54:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T14:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/?p=158"},"modified":"2013-10-22T16:32:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T16:32:53","slug":"a-guest-blog-from-cwbs-kenya-ambassador-nicholas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/2013\/10\/22\/a-guest-blog-from-cwbs-kenya-ambassador-nicholas\/","title":{"rendered":"A guest blog from CWB&#8217;s Kenya Ambassador &#8211; Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tWorking with CWB has been really amazing.&nbsp; I am proud of being a team member on this year&rsquo;s trip as well as CWB&rsquo;s Ambassador in Kenya.&nbsp; There&rsquo;s nothing more refreshing than spreading happiness and seeing a sad face transformed into one with a big smile and filled with so much joy.&nbsp; Not only do we teach the game of cricket and incorporate the core message of ABC &amp; T as well, but the joy and important message we bring to all those we come across is really amazing.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe work has its own challenges but after every day we evaluate ourselves and try to make sure that we improve each day, both from cricket and HIV\/AIDS awareness messages perspectives.&nbsp; Many thanks to the CWB team, not only from me, but all the coaches and children we have positively changed during this trip.&nbsp; As they say, change is a gradual process and we only see it after a while, but I think we have made some important progress in the last 10 days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPersonally, CWB has also taught me great skills of coaching, educating and the importance of working as a team.&nbsp; This is indeed a great opportunity for cricket in Kenya. Always remember that luck is the meeting point of the alertness of one&rsquo;s mind and opportunities that present themselves.&nbsp; CWB has been just such a lucky opportunity for me.&nbsp; Thanks and be blessed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Nicholas<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/DSCN1434.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSCN1434\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-159\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/DSCN1434-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/DSCN1434-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/DSCN1434.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>(Nicholas doing what he does best &#8211; coaching)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010631.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"P1010631\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-160\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010631-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010631-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010631.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>(Nicholas showing all the Brits how tribal dancing should be done)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010695.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"P1010695\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010695-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010695-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/files\/2013\/10\/P1010695.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>(Leading the tribal march from the field of play)<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with CWB has been really amazing.&nbsp; I am proud of being a team member on this year&rsquo;s trip as well as CWB&rsquo;s Ambassador in Kenya.&nbsp; There&rsquo;s nothing more refreshing than spreading happiness and seeing a sad face transformed into one with a big smile and filled with so much joy.&nbsp; Not only do we teach the game of cricket and incorporate the core message of ABC &amp; T as well, but the joy and important message we bring to all those we come across is really amazing.&nbsp; The work has its own challenges but after every day we evaluate ourselves and try to make sure that we improve each day, both from cricket and HIV\/AIDS awareness messages perspectives.&nbsp; Many thanks to the CWB team, not only from me, but all the coaches and children we have positively changed during this trip.&nbsp; As they say, change is a gradual process and we only see it after a while, but I think we have made some important progress in the last 10 days. Personally, CWB has also taught me great skills of coaching, educating and the importance of working as a team.&nbsp; This is indeed a great opportunity for cricket in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/kenya13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}