Take Care Kids

...let's start from where we left off...so.....as we said, we had to fix the aluminum parts of a hut.....so I got in the car and went to buy it......I bought 10 brand new sheets.....buying the second hand stuff would have meant having problems again the next rainy season.....as I always tell all the volunteers who come here to help, you cannot stop at appearances, you need to listen to those who are more experienced, but then you have to try things out by yourself......living in a wooden

and metal hut is an experience that we cannot even imagine...you can hear everything....you live a different life....with different priprities and needs.....you can hear the Gekos' nails clicking on the roofs....you can hear the rats scurrying all over the place, and you can hear the cats chasing them down......and when the wind starts to blow....that's when you start shaking....and when the rains come, everyone runs outside to make sure the drains don't get clogged.......and if they do clog, you have to start digging to salvage the hut.....a load of rotten wood and metal held together by rusty nails.....a different kind of life, or better said a different way to survive, where a single cut can create a huge problem.....where a mosquito bite can either mean Dengue or Malaria fever.....but today I am really worried....a little girl who generally goes to beg in the streets with her parents has a different look.....it seems as if she has been abused......I see her and whe acts strange.....she lowers her eyes, and her usual smile is gone.....and there's nothing I can do about this.......even the law will not allow me to take the girl on a hunch.....Nut, our Thai secretary approaches her and asks her how she spent the night.......the girl's father gives her a quick loook....and the girl who started to say a few words, shuts up immediately and runs towards me.......and asks me if I can get her some shoes for school......kids are not allowed to attend school if they don't have shoes, so we take off immediately to get shoes and the necessary uniforms which are not supplied bu the public schools......and we hope that she will go to school....all we can do is keep our eyes open, follow their situations, as we do on a daily basis.....but everything is always so darn hard.......and so we have come to this year's last journal.....I'm going back to Italy...to look for other people who can help us fight our daily battle in spreading the love as far as it will go...in helping people concretely.....and now.......I'm filling my suitcase with all the childrens' smiles and hugs, all their yelling, screaming and crying, all the laughter and all their embarassing questions but most of all...I'm filling it up with all their kisses......we have helped many kids grow in a safe environment, through their studies and implementing their capabilty to love others, and not fell alone in the world......my suitcase is now full off all this....of all the love.....and to all those who have supported me and read of all my adventures, I'd like to say a big thank you for your patience andn your support and for being close to me at all times (which is really fundamental for me)...because I also have hard moments to overcome (I am human after all)....I hope to see all of you in Italy (I won't be ther efor long) so we can talk about all the different ideas to support Take Care Kids in its activity of support and love for all children. I'm zipping up the suitcase.......see you all soon.....

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