The Garbage slum
Kyle playing with one of the children at the slum.
Some more of the children.
The water truck came today, so families from the slum brought containers to the pump and got clean drinking water.
The adults mostly took care of handing out the water, but any small hole in the hose was used as a water fountain for the children. They were very happy.
Later, In the afternoon, we gave out clothing with the help of Mama Mumbi, she is the leader within the slum. Most of the children in need got at least one item.
Today was a good day. It was overwhelming, but good. The founder of IVHQ, Daniel Radcliffe came today with the water truck, as well as some of the administrators of Fadhili.. It was Dan's first time seeing the situation at the garbage slum, and he would like to come back in a couple months for a longer stay. Tomorrow we are going to church with Pastor Antony and Monday we will bring some writing lessons (ABC's) to the slum. We hope to be able to give them more scheduled school time to give them some sense of a normal childhood in their lives that are anything but.
-Kyle and Kate
Those photos are amazing. Incredible to think how little so many have, especially at this time of year. I just read all your backposts in this blog, and I have to say, well done.
ReplyDeleteSide note: I love that the founder's name is Daniel Radcliffe. Tell him to give Dumbledore a high five for me! :)
Thanks Megan,
ReplyDeleteI was really excited to meet Harry Potter, he was a super nice guy!!!
Hey! Isnt IVHQ amazing? I'm glad you decided to do it. Thats cool Daniel came. (I love the harry potter reference too!) We emailed a bit when I went to Vietnam. Thats so great they take the time to come to their sites and really know whats going on. Your blogs great. Great photos. So awesome what you guys are doing! I hope youre having an amazing time.
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