Life at Bosco Boys

These are some photos of daily life at Bosco Boys. Our lives here become routine, like anywhere, and we sometimes forget how beautiful the scenery but mostly the people who make up our East African home.


A beautiful day in Nairobi with the children's playground.

Not a normal scene in Pico Rivera or Palos Verdes, but at Bosco Boys watching cows eat with children playing near by is a daily occurrence.

Every day the schedule is the same... Wake up, work, church, school, work, games, shower, dinner, night prayers... This is Peter filling up his bucket to do his afternoon chores.

This is another photo of a boy doing afternoon work, Carlos. But Carlos is taking the more "popular" job, being a watchman. He's watching Carlos fill up the bucket and wishing work was over so he can go play games.

These are local children from Kuwinda (the slum/neighborhood that surrounds Bosco Boys). They are all pulling their toy cars and racing down the street. Notice the street has bricks. This road is considered "THE NICEST" road in all of Kenya. Most roads here are dirt roads with huge pot holes. There are also black-top streets but those have huge pot holes, divots, and no dividers. But this road, the road that leads you from Langata Road to Bosco Boys is considered the nicest in all of the country. This is because, yes there is a slum in our neighborhood, but there are also many politicians. They passed the bill for the funding to have a nice road so when they drive home, it'll be smooth and enjoyable. Not only do we have paved bricks but we also have street lights, this is a luxury.

These are the kids toys. They are old juice boxes that they find in the trash, get some sort of wire from who knows where (probably trash too), get the tops of plastic bottles, connect everything together, and TA-DA! a toy car. This is a normal toy here in Nairobi, other toys of choice are footballs (soccer balls) made out of trash wrapped with a plastic grocery store bag and practically anything they can kick to play football (soccer) with.

As we were walking back on the road, we ran into Sister Mary Jane. She runs an orphanage directly across the street from Bosco Boys. She runs this place entirely by herself, funded through the good will of others, and she cares for over 20 children. She left her nun order to do the work she felt called to do. Some of her kids go to Don Bosco Primary School (Bosco Boys School) and others to surrounding primary/secondary (high school) schools. She has a huge heart and an even bigger smile.