Today we started the day by visiting Maunga village; a rural village about a 40 minute drive from where we are staying. The village has no running water and no electricity.
At the village we helped weed a garden and met many locals. There is a water supply at the village. Water is retrieved via a hand operated pump. Villagers travel (in their bare feet) from as far as 5 km to get water from this location.
We treated all the kids to candy and took a tour of the school in the village.
On the drive home, we encountered the first significant downpour since our arrival. By the time we were due to take the lions for a walk in the afternoon, the rain had stopped and the weather was quite nice. The lions were especially active in the post-rain cooler weather.
In the evening, after dinner, we were visited by a bushbuck named Baby. Baby was found abandoned in the wild not long after it was born. The staff here bottle fed it until it was able to live independently. Baby loves to drop by to visit us often.
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| Julia with Maunga Village Children |
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| Muanga Village Girl with Candy |
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| Maunga Village Boy with Candy |
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| Water Station in Maunga Village |
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| Baby, Julia, and Pan the cat relaxing |
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