Matunda Bora bring a little light and rhythm into Ellen's volunteer experience
I have now been
here for a little more than 2 weeks and I already feel like this is my home. I
just love everything about it. I come from a small island in Sweden and this is
my first time in Kenya, in Africa. And Kenya has offered me all that I thought it
would be and a lot more! One huge thing here is, of course, the African music.
The rhythm, passion and the love comes so easily and so naturally here.
Like yesterday,
we had choir at one of the schools, Matunda Bora. It was amazing! In only one
hour we got a mix of “This Little Light of Mine”, rapping girls having some
sort of battle (always with a smile though), dancing boys, and beautiful songs
in Swahili.
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| Matunda Bora Choir get into the groove |
What I like here
is that you really see the fire in their eyes and the passion about all the songs
no matter if the songs are about a bicycle or if they are hungry and want food.
And they really know how to move. I
thought I had some sort of rhythm but that is completely nothing compared to
them, it must be something in the African spirit. I’m so jealous.
The small little
creatures are shaking everything they have and that also contains the boys.
That’s a big difference from African kids to Swedish, maybe north European
kids. Girls or boys would never move like that back home! I don’t know why, but
it must be some sort of cultural thing which is sad.
They seem to be
so happy here for almost nothing. A new song, a new dance, a new face in their
school, it doesn't matter. I really want to encourage everyone to go and see all
these things. It gives you perspective and you learn to appreciate, it sounds
like a real cliché but it’s true.
Ellen
Kanellos – Combination volunteer on the Teaching and Community Development Programme
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