Interacting with the community is what interact club is all about, and I definitely did that today from 9:30 to 12:00pm, at the Orphaned Vulnerable Children’s home also known as OVC, these orphaned kids lack parental care and love. They depend on volunteers, like us the interact club, for their needs such as food and love, furthermore, these kids are HIV positive and have been robbed from opportunities in life.
We met as a group early in the morning at school, around 9:30. And with the money we collected from the PTO picnic book sale fundraising we organized at school 2 weeks ago, we bought food such as maize, Ugali flour, milk, and nuts, which are the main nutrition for any typical Kenyans, and carried it with us all the way to OVC.The moment we reached OVC, one thing I noticed about these kids is that, they don’t let their sickness affect them, not even one bit. They are living life to the fullest such as being active throughout the day! The smile on their faces was one of happiness and not of disappointment. After everything they’ve been through, they are strong.
Throughout the day, we played football with them, read books to them, played many games with them, and it was definitely exciting. They themselves prepared poems, dances and skits for us. Most of their skits were about how they used to work as housemaids, and their owner used to abusive them. It was heartbreaking.
In the end we said our farewells, as they were getting ready to eat their lunch. We are even thinking of organizing a Christmas party for OVC, sometime in November, they deserve it. Looking forward for the nest trip.
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