The community centre was not like how I expected it. It has lots of buildings, lots of animals and it is very green because it rains alot since it is the Short Rains Season. Also, it has no running water right now but they will have it soon.
The children here are very nice. They don't usually talk much and I don't see them very much but they do under stand English.
As I mentioned, there are alot of buildings; some of them are dormitories for the kids, the church, George's house, Mama Ananga's house, the international visitors house(that's where we live), and two other spare mud houses. There is also a school that they are still building and a health clinic that is still being painted but has delivered 4 babies.
Let me tell you a little bit more about the children's home. In each dormitory, the boys and the girls, there are seven bunk beds, which we helped pay for, 14 beds in total in each room and some don't have mattresses and they sleep two to a bunk. That means that 56 of them are in a bunk and some have to sleep on the floor! They don't have very many toys, in fact, all they have is the stuff we gave them and a box DOUPLO LEGO and a busted soccer ball(they especially liked the skipping ropes, the soccer balls and the rubber chickens for the chicken games). another room is the dining room,m which is just some benches and tables. It is very dark in there. Outside, they have a place to play but it is very dirty and rocky.
Tomorrow I'm buying some chickens for the orphanage. I will post more on Thursday about what I have been doing.
Gavin, I look forward to hearing more of your adventures here. What a joy to be there when the running water starts, I am sure it will be like magic to them.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful memory for you to know you have helped to make the lives of all these children better.