Last Saturday I had a trip to visit and help the children from 2 different orphanages and it's an great experience for me. The trip gave me a new vision about my life after seeing those unlucky abandoned children.
We arrived at the first orphanage on district 1 at nearly 9 o clock at the morning and my job was to carry the food that my class bought for the children. Seeing us coming, the children and the adults at the orphanage were very happy. Some children even helped us to carry the food inside. After finishing giving present such as food and toys, we introduced ourselves, listen to the children's life story and we played games together. It's good to hear that the people from the orphanage still give a opportunity for the children to go to school. The children was very open-heart with us and we had a good time hanging together.
Later that day we went to a second orphanage on Go Vap district. This orphanage seem to touch my heart the most because it was older and poorer than the first one. Around the orphanage was pictures drawn by the children there hanging on the wall and the pictures was about the kids' dreams. It even amazed me to see a map of Vietnam created from bus fares folding into heart shape, putting together. But the thing that make me feel sore was to see these children living in a very poor condition. Each kid only have for him/her a small locker to store clothes. Moreover, the stairs in the orphanage were dangerous for the children to walk, the wooden bed that they use to sleep was old and easy to be cracked.
Even though the finance is little, the people from these orphanages are trying the best to raise, to support, to give a good childhood for these abandoned children.
