Wednesday, July 2, 2008

More about the kids at Dona Melba's

We started to take some pictures at the house we are working at - here's the house:

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If you look in the back at the top you might see that there are 2 levels - they just added on to the house.  They need the room, trust us on that one! 37 kids live here - age 18 months to 23 years old.  There is a small courtyard you can see on the right side of this picture...or at least you can see the entrance to it...

If you sometimes feel like you have a lot of laundry - this might give you some perspective:

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This is also the new part of the house which is actually really nice - above the room you can see in the back is a master bedroom with a private bathroom and shower.

Here is the park we have spent most of our time with the kids:

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And yes - that is a horse that lives nearby.  In the trees to the right is a little creek that is just disgusting with the amount of trash scattered about - I'm also pretty sure that all the local home's gray water flows into this creek too so we do our best to keep the kids out.  But today - Michelle, the daughter of the cook who helps at the foster home - dropped her purse in the creek and then decided it was so valuable that she would just jump into the creek, up to her neck...she walked home all wet ;-)

More kid shots:

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The above shot is Jakob with his buddy Mario - Mario is just adorable.

Will share more again later...off to another local volcano with everyone!

1 comment:

Moster Lotte said...

Hi, kan I ikke tage ham Mario med hjem... Ham kan vi da godt få plads til!

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