The Orphanage

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Everyone spent the morning working on their specific projects. Just after lunch we went for a 5 minute bus ride down the road to visit a local orphanage. We took a large box of donated goods that St Jude had provided.

The kids were all very well behaved and very affectionate. The orphanage appeared to be very well run, unlike many in Tanzania, where very little of the aid provided actually ends up being used on the kids. Several of the children at the orphanage go to St Judes

The youngest was just two months and she was premature, the oldest was 13, who spent most of her time helping looking after the younger ones.

The children were either orphans or had been abandoned shortly after birth.

Of the more than 20 children, only one little girl, Bartachie was HIV positive.

We were all thoroughly moved by the experience, before returning to St Jude to continue working on our projects for the rest of the day.

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Photos

The Orphanage
The director of the orphanage gives us an overview of its operation.

The Baby
Jane along with Tara (one of St Judes corodinators) play with the youngest baby at the orphanage.

Bartarchie
Denis with little Bartarchie, the girl who was HIV positive.