We turned up at Sanyu Babies Home at 8:15am, dropped our bags off and were literally thrown into it..

I was put with the little babies. After bathing they were brought through were I dried them, put on cream and nappies, clothed and cuddled them, followed by feeding them their breakfast milk. I just went with the flow and from that instance loved it :)
I had one little girl, Joyce. I was putting on her nappy, she was just laying there stiff looking up at me. She was so fragile. Joyce is 2 years old and was brought into Sanyu when she was 2 months old. Joyce has HIV and Aids.
I was also changing Joshua, he was extremly malnurished and very hot. I just held Joshua close to my body, his head on my chest, he fell back asleep in that position as if he was trying to regulate his heart beat with mine. Later, I changed him into a lovely blue stripy top and blue dungarees and he was taken to the doctors. The staff think he might have Malaria.
Vic did the same but with the older tots. After the morning rush we went outside and just played with all the children. This was followed by lunch, where we helped feed the children their spoonfulls of potatoes in a spicy sauce. This then led to the childrens clothes being changed again and put to bed.
We got a 2 hour break, whilst the children slept and couldn't believe we had been there for 5 hours already!
The only time the Orphanage got noisy was waking the children up, but then again I would cry too, being taken from my bed saying I'd apparently had enough sleep and had to go pee! :)
So nappies changed and fed porridge, we were all back outside playing. I haven't been in a sand pit for years and making sand castles was so much fun :)

I was told stories of how babies are left in taxis, gardens, hospitals.. Only Friday a 2 week old was brought in, he doesn't even have a name yet.
Out of the 36 children currently at Sanyu, atleast 30 are adopted, currently waiting for it all to be settled in court. It's great to hear!
We met a lady from America we had been volunteering at Sanyu for 4 months, as she was waiting to settle her case to take Mercy home with her. She's hoping to leave in 2 weeks.

The children are so well behaved and their English is excellent. As they are brought into Sanyu at such a young age, they are taught English straightaway and not a tribal language.
The staff and children are all really lovely people. It's such a great set up!
You can really feel the need and want for love from the children. Just sitting them on your lap is enough for them :) It's a fantastic feeling!

We were there for 10 hours, not that it felt that long at all!
It was a brilliant first day! :) And we cannot wait to continue our time there! :)

Love x x x x