Day Six in Africa, Hope Restored...

Today is day six.. The past 2 days have been very full. Yesterday we went to Bbirra village. It was an amazing experience.

One of the school buildings in Bbirra

We had lunch with a house mother - Mamma Rasty and 8 of her children. Ruth 12, Andrew 11, Jennifer 11, Joshua 6, Zoe 3, Benjamin 3, Joshua 5, and Zac 4.   We were so privileged to be welcomed into their house with big smiles. There are 4 boys and 4 girls. 1 bedroom is for the girls with 2 bunk beds and 1 bedroom for the boys with 2 bunk beds.

Then the house mother has 1 room for herself. It's is a very modest house, but they are very house proud. We had a traditional lunch and gave out many treats for the children like bubbles, stickers and pencils. They were so excited...

Our host family that day

Some of the rules for the children to remember!

Girls playing hopscotch

After lunch we played all sorts of ball games, it was fun but exhausting in the heat. Then Jennifer took it upon herself to give me a tour of the village. We walked past the school grounds which had little sign posts dug into the grass. Jennifer said that these were the rules that the children live by...

During our walk we saw many children playing and enjoying everyday life on school holidays...

Visiting Bbirra Village restored hope for me in my heart.   After visiting this village, it is very clear to see that this system totally does work.  The children are very happy and well adjusted like any other happy family in this world.  For the children who have biological families outside Watoto, they go and visit them during school holidays. Jennifer was very excited about this. 

It was so nice spending time with the senior mother, Mamma Rosa. She has a huge heart for the children and was very interested in our lives back home. We also got to meet the village managers who were very proud of their village. 

That evening we visited the cultural centre to watch dancing from across africa. It was lots of fun and so interesting. Women were dancing with 8 pots on their heads.. Unbelievable!

As I write this I have just finished a long day with the babies a the bulrushes. I feel so fulfilledafter hearing some of the heart wrenching stories of these babies that would not be alive today if Watoto was not here. They have such an incredible future... RESCUE, RAISE, REBUILD...... A NATION... One child at a time.