It's hard to believe that we've only been here a day. This morning, we traveled to the Good Shepherd School, and received a warm welcome from all the kids. We helped them decorate flip flops, which was a pretty crazy experience. We then went to the Mother Theresa Children's Hospital, and held and played with some of the toddlers and babies. Many of them were suffering from malnutrition. One girl was a year old and only weighed about 3 pounds.
After lunch and a nap, we went back to the school to feed the kids, who had not eaten since Friday. We made around 150 pb&j sandwiches and 260 bowls of rice and beans, along with 300 cups of juice, and then washed everything afterwards. It was mind-blowing to all of us that these kids had not eaten in 3 days. They were obviously very eager for their food, but the majority of them were polite as well, often saying 'merci' when they received their meal.
-Nikki
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