Amarni, home for street children
Amarni, home for street children
(Blog entry)
I’ve not written anything for a few weeks so this is going back some time now. As a change from site work, four of us went to Moshi for the day to visit the childrens’ home. Its a really amazing place. They have about 70 kids there that they have taken in off the streets, (either orphans or forced to leave home for other reasons). We had a brilliant time with them,. Playing games for the afternoon. We joined in a game of ladders which resulted in a few bruised shinns!
They asked us to go back to do an English lesson (they can’t afford to put all of them through school, so some don’t get to go). It went really well; a group of about 10 boys aged between about 10 and 13, they were keen to learn and some of them very bright. We did numbers, head shoulders knees and toes, and then animals which was so much fun. We acted out elephants, monkeys etc, and one of out lads even made ballon animals. After we sat and drew pics. Its a strange experience, to feel happy that they’ve enjoyed themselves but also upset when I start to think about the fact they don’t have families.
(Ed note: Here is a link to Amani Children’s Home )
