Honduras... big family, smiling faces, children's hugs, missing the kids, the big question of when I will see them again, poverty, crime, and much more comes to my mind.
In February this year, I was allowed to go to Honduras for a month to visit the children's home "yo quiero ser...". After a warm welcome, I quickly settled in and felt comfortable.
My main task consisted in looking after the little ones in the Sala Cuna with Olga. Grooming and breakfast were followed by playing and early intervention. While the children had their siesta after lunch, I was concerned with different things. I sewed curtains, arranged the playing room and the computer room, I helped the older ones with their homework, went shopping with Paty, and so on. There was always something which had to be done. I was never bored!
Thanks to Edwing and Paty, I got to know a lot about Honduras and its culture. I was shown the Chalet in which the children usually spend their holidays, the beautiful Maya ruins of Copàn, the city of San Pedro Sula, etc.
It's interesting to get to know a country this way. Poverty and crime are very high and the value of life is low. This is shocking and incomprehensible to us; as important as it might be in order to understand the whole country a bit better. Although the children share a tough past, it is nice to see that they are now happy and cheerful.
It was an impressive and unfogettable time, which I keep safely locked in my heart.