Happy Thanksgiving!

Work was good today. When I arrived, we fed the kids and then, we took them to the dormitory while the playroom was being cleaned. The children started jumping on the beds and that is when we discovered that one of the kids was still in its bed. The poor little girl wasn’t woken up for breakfast and she looked puzzled and sad to see that all the other kids had already eaten and were all dressed. I went and got her breakfast but I felt so sorry for her. Poor thing….

I was assigned to the little ones today and spent a very long time being assistant nappy changer for about 20 kids. I only did it for a day but believe me, those ladies deserve a medal! At lunchtime, the older ones came to join us. There is a new boy with us. His English is excellent. He is at the centre because he is burned on most of his torso. As you know, kids can be really tough amongst themselves when they play and every time a kid hit him and he started crying, my heart skipped a beat. Luckily, he never cried for too long so I guess if he can live with it, so should I.

After placement, the other volunteers and I went to Ko-Kaap, which means Upper Cape Town. It is an area situated on

Ko-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa

 the side of a mountain and has got fantastic views on the rest of the city. Ko-Kaap is a Muslim area where all the houses are painted blue, green, yellow, pink, etc… It is very pretty, an apparently a very safe place. Then, we went to the Slave Loge, a museum on the history of slavery in South Africa. It was extremely interesting.

Finally, we all came back to the home base where some of the American volunteers had prepared a traditional Thanksgiving diner of turkey, stuffing, Brussels sprouts and pumpkin pie. It was delicious.

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