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Have really enjoyed the last 3 weeks here I'm not quite ready to go next week, but there are other things to do and other places to see. It's been a fairly emotional week, especially at the drop in centre. I was teaching the kids about the about stress. I came up with a stress chart for the volunteers there so the kids could make note of what was troubling them and then they could discuss it. After cooking for them I helped a young girl wash up, if you wash up you get a second meal which she very much needed as she has a baby no more than 5 months old who found me absolutely hysterical. I was then chatting to 2 local volunteers I asked about where these girls were going now they and their babies had eaten. She told me they would go back to the street where they are sleeping. Wow! That's when it hit me I just burst into tears these girls were around 15/16 with one or 2 kids sleeping on the streets. I was so angry with myself for crying because it's not my life I'm not living that hell everyday, but when you see it you just can't help it. I know whatever I do won't ever be enough but I'm hoping making small donations to buy food and clothes will do for now until I can commit to sponsoring a child to get off the street and into a home and to either go to school or start a business.
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