Annex to Sala Cuna
Edwing and Darling were hardworking roofers. The annex already has a roof, on which a second floor could be added. Now, our two talented Hondurans are working as bricklayers besides concreting our floor. In the next weeks, the paving tiles can be placed and the walls will be painted. Finally, the enhanced Sala Cuna can be opened.
Meeting of the foundation council
The foundation council "yo quiero ser..." gathered in order to discuss the near future. The main topic was the expansion of the project concerning the older children. That means that we want to offer the best fitted education for every individual kid. This is not very easy in Honduras, because there are no apprenticeships of the likes we know in Switzerland. Either you get a degree at the university, or you follow the principle: „Learning by doing“.
Official events for the coming summer consist in the benefit lunch on August 5, 2012, organised by ORIGEN in Riom, and a market stand at “Scuntrada” in Savognin on August 10 2012.
The children's well-being and sensibility
Anahy’s mother got really sick and her last wish was to see her youngest daughter – Anahy – again. Anahy’s sister picked her up and brought her to her mother. The family of Anahy did not want to bring her back to the children’s home. However, the girl insisted to go back, so they took her back to “yo quiero ser…”.
We found out that Esteban had two older brothers living in another children’s home. So we offered him to grow up together with them. After visiting the children’s home „Pro Niño“, he rejected the offer and said that he wanted to stay at „yo quiero ser…”.
That shows us that the children are very comfortable living with us.
As a sanction for bad behaviour, we send the kids to their bedrooms, which we also did with the 7-year old girl Angie. The 16-month old Juan Carlos took notice of that and followed her to the bedroom. He tried to cheer her up with some incomprehensible words, with kisses and hugs. But Angie still cried, so he started crying, too. He came into my office with sad eyes, took my hand, showed me Angie and insisted that I "free" her.
It was unbelievable as well as very impressive to see how sensitive, cordial, caring and social such a small boy can be.