Paint, Our Best Friend

Last week we finished a little upgrade. As you have seen from previous blogs recently, many of our rooms have been repainted and added a clear section to the roof. Basically, we are trying to clean up the rooms, make them lighter and brighter for the children and mothers. The last room to be finished was the Malaika Moms. They desperately needed some fresh paint and the room was really dark. It's in the back of the facility and get little sun from the sides. So we asked the ladies if they wanted us to paint the room for them and give them a day off or do it themselves. This does not surprise me anymore, they wanted to paint. So Rocky and I gave them the paint and supplies and let them go to work. You can see by the pictures the mothers worked all day to put the finishing touches on a sky blue room. And of course, in typical CTC fashion, had fun putting hand prints all over the room. I included a picture of what the room looked like before. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!

A few days before Rocky and I had put a clear sheet of siding on the roof so that now the ladies have a sun roof. One of the pictures shows it really well as the light is reflecting off the wall. It also helps CTC as now there are no lights needed and reduces our electricity bill. Which in Kenya is no joke. Power is expensive here. It's amazing to see how much happier the women feel and they keep commenting on how they feel better in the room now. A friend here saw the pictures of the before and after and asked me "Ah you moved them to a bigger room?" Nope just a bit of paint and a sunroof!!!!!!