Update: Sat 2 November 2024, 1200 GMT (1500 EAT)

Our team are at the Equator!

Update: Sat 2 November 2024, 0930 GMT (1230 EAT)

Our team have left Nairobi and our heading through the Rift Valley to where they will spend the rest of the time in Kenya, to Father Bosco’s parish in Nakuru.

More updates later.

Update: Fri 1 November 2024, 1700 GMT (2000 EAT)

A busy day in Nariobi finding our feet and being welcomed wherever we go. The team visited the slum area of Kibera outside Nairobi and received a lovely welcome from local children.

Lucy Kelly has sent the following update:

Today we started the day with breakfast followed by Mass in the compound lead by Father Bosco and Father Seamus, which our members of the choir sang at beautifully.

We then made our way to Nairobi Theology House, where we met the priests and sisters who run the organisation, after exploring the house grounds we made our way back to the compound for lunch.

Father Bosco then took us to The Bomas of Kenya where we watched some traditional Kenyan dances and acrobatic routines, then we explored the traditional huts of Kenyan tribes.

Finally we headed back for the compound and had dinner together and a bit of a sing song. Our trip has got off to a great start!!

Update: Fri 1 November 2024, 1000 GMT (1300 EAT)

After a good night’s sleep at St Patrick’s Theology House in Nairobi, the team are ready for the first full day in Africa.

Update: Thurs 31 October 2024, 2135 GMT (Fri 1 November 2024, 0035 EAT)

Our team has arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi and has been welcomed to Kenya by our host, Father Bosco. A long day travelling but good to see happy, smiling faces.

Our intrepid Year 14 pupils who are leading the St Paul’s International Project to Kenya have begun their journey this morning and are en route to Nairobi.

We’ll update this page regularly with news from the team in Kenya.