I just found out something really sad and upsetting about an orphanage that a lot of the volunteers go to here in HoHoe. We saw in a news article that at the Christian Orphanage the guy that started it is selling the kids. He tells people if they give $7,000 + that they can have a kid. It was such a disturbing article actually. With the money that he receives he buys himself very nice things, like a Harley, multiple tvs, and laptops. Plus more I am sure of.
Now at placement I am the only one and it is nuts! Some days the kids are crazy and wild so I let them play a lot, and others they are more calm (haha). I found out that the headmaster does want to find a new teacher, because the one with the older kids always gets drunk at night. Then he comes to work drunk or hungover and she doesn't like it. Lately he really hasn't been showing up to even teach the kids. It is so sad so I have been hanging out with them a lot more than my class. Last week the Franky got caned and bawled his eyes out and so did I (haha). Caning is where they hit the children really hard with a stick on the back, arms or even head. Its so heartbreaking to see. I basically always go comfort the children when it happens. I have been able to take the kids out a lot more to play. They are loving the soccer ball and I brought these plastic eggs that are filled with rice and make noise. The kids love these sooooo much! They are starting to learn the alphabet a little bit better as well. I am going to have a really hard time leaving my kids today and I really don't want to, but I have to. I will definitely be crying!
I will be back in America on Saturday! WHOOOO get to eat some real food haha!!
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