Monday, April 02, 2007

Robinson Island:Part 2:Guddy

Guddy has build a school for the community children on the island. There’s a restaurant .Robinson Island Restaurant,that serves delicious sea foods. She has organized training for the young ladies in the community. They weave the hammocks, They do the house keeping for the cabins, they also weave mats and practically , every skill that one living on an Island can do to make money.
" I plan to organize baking lessons for them, and soon we filtering water to have clean bottled water, for the guests and for sale. The men have learnt wood work and the strong beds and chairs used on the island are designed and assembled right there. The children are not left aside. They take part in protecting the turtle eggs. The sea turtles come out to lay eggs along the beach. These eggs can be washed away or taken by human being. The hatchlings can also be in danger of ending on a plate or eaten by other sea animals . A basket is dug around the eggs, and when they hatch the remain inside.When all come out , then they can all be guided to the sea. Each turtle to a child."
Guddy has won different awards from the United Nations,which she deserves and which are not even enough. She should get more . She keeps referring to herself as a simple kikuyu woman. She could be half Arab, from her looks.
When she talks you don’t want her to stop. You want hear everything ,everything. She’s fun and can fit in with everyone. I kept thinking, I should study her, like have six months of Guddy study? She is resourceful and humble in a humbling way . She reminded me of a mother. A wife , who likes to remain in the background while all that goes is from her.
-So exactly what are you?- I ask , then add, -an environmentalist? But you’re also a social worker? Yeah ?-
‘Well ,yeah, I like to work with people more.The restaurant and others can be exhausting’ – But you are doing what you love, no complains hm?-
‘Yes .no regrets and the energy around me is unlimited.’
Robinson island is named after the Robinson Crusoe fiction story. The guy who discovered the island ,a David someone was on the island after his boat broke , trying to built another. It was desert then. But after some days he got an idea , he invited some locals for a meal. Soon they were planting trees and giving the desert island a makeover. The community that works alongside Guddy and her husband is called Fridays’ Ark. After the character Friday who was Robinson Cruose’s partner on the fictional island. Similar stories but this one is having an ending that fits good things coming out of it everyday ( lets rewrite it an ending that fits,
instead of a Hollywood Horror.
Nothing’s wrong just as you know that ,
some day I will,some day,somehow,
gonno make it alright,but not right now,
I know you’re wondering,why{Nickleback-Someday})

A fee ksh 1500 is charged for students wishing to visit Robison Island, but at advance booking is important. That is quite cheap, for lunch, supper and breakfast. One needs a mosquito repellant and a net if one’s to sleep in the open, plus personal effects. It’s worth a visit. It feels like taking a gulp of a new drink that makes your want to nguruma kama simba (roar like a lion).

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