Recently received children
Our “yo quiero ser…” family has grown again; our new housemates are Engell (ca. one year old), Jaklin (ca. three years old), and Briny (eleven years old). Due to this growth, the Sala Cuna, which was established last year, was refurnished and now the seven youngest children have a nice place to sleep and live there.
We do not know anything about Engell’s background or his family name. He was given to the IHNFA because of unreliable parents. Jaklin was born on the island Roatan, but was given to the IHNFA because of abuse and unreliable parents. Briny, too, has the same background history as Jaklin and came to us as a very shy, introvert girl without any self-confidence. All the three of them have settled in very quickly, are very happy and the energies of our children’s home have transformed them into happy, radiating children.
Second floor
In the last days and weeks, our eldest boys as well as Edwing and Darling have worked hard on the second floor on top of the workshop. Now, the second floor is accessible more easily as the men have built and fitted a staircase.
Awards for Maria and Luz
Every children’s home that forms part of the Red Noroccidental of Honduras was allowed to enroll two children for taking part in a contest. The conditions of participation were very good grades, good behavior and good social skills. We elected Maria and Luz Marina, who were happy and proud to accept an award with the title “Celebrando tu esfuerzo” on January 18. The primary thought behind this award is to motivate the children to continue making an effort and to show that it is worth trying hard to succeed.
Container
Our long-awaited 40 foot container has arrived here in Honduras after more than a month’s travel on sea. The amazement and happiness of the children was indescribable. A big thank you to the logistics enterprise “Kühne + Nagel” in Switzerland for organizing the whole transport and absorbing the costs and also to all the wonderful and generous friends who gave us all kinds of different things, partly well-chosen and packed up; upholstered suites, mattresses, furniture, domestic appliances, instruments, electronic devices, school material, schoolbags, clothing, shoes, sports equipment, toys and much more. Our “busy bees” emptied the container in 1½ hours, and then all our storerooms or empty rooms were crammed with bags, boxes and furniture so that every item found its place after a while.