Hogar de San Francis de Asis

Clara

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She is just one and smiles constantly. She has a cleft palette that just reopened.

Alfredo, Jocelyn and Carmen

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All hanging out and loving the camera.

Dinner at the Hogar

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Dr. Tony is amazing. He eats breakfast and lunch with the kids and has dinner with the volunteers. Never has a minute to himself.

The volunteers with the babies

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The babies get to play for 2 hours everyday, and that was usually my most favorite because it involved the least running around. Who knew 60 kids were so hard to manage?

Lucita and the toothbrushes

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The children have to brush their teeth after every meal, and they do it willingly.

Axel brushing

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He loved it. Couldn't stop him. It would actually turn into an argument about it.

Julia pushing Martin

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We also got to play at the park every day for an hour and a half. These children may be sick, but they have heaps and heaps and heaps of energy. We could barely keep up on the first day.

The crew at the park

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The park was small with an old slide and rickety swings, and the children loved it so much. We could not get them to leave.

Dr. Tony after the feed

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He posed for a photo by Jorge. Those children are blessed to have him in their lives.

Jorge

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He just has problems with his lower extremities and has minimal usage of his facial muscles. That does not prevent him from working the volunteers for his needs. It works.

Nestor and Jorge

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Really loved these guys. They both have a great sense of humor.

Victor eating

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I had to show this because he can do so many amazing things with just one foot. He eats, drinks, writes and even brushes his teeth with it. He also gives a mean raspberry.

Flur and Sandy

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The girls went crazy with the camera, and I would feel bad leaving them out. Flur is lovely and a burn victim, and Sandy had TB of the hip and just left the house. It is really sad because now she won't get what she needs. She left because she missed her family, and I can not imagine being separated from them all the time. It is understandable... I just hope she gets better.

Carmen

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She loves Brian Anthony as well and calls him her gordita. Carmen had a stroke and now has terrible nerve problems.

Alfredo and Wason

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The big kids of the place; they help keep everything clean. They have to sweep and clean after every meal and do a house cleaning every morning. These children do more chores (and homework) than I ever did.

Martin, Mitchi and Julia

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The children all love the wheelchairs. Could not get enough of it. Martin would walk the entire length of the park with it.

Martin

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This may be the cutest kid at the joint. He is 3, has hip displesia and waddles around. Martin should be a child model because he is just too cute.

The children discovered I was ticklish

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This was my downfall. Once they learned my weakness, they got me and got me good. They got me so badly that I could not breathe a lot of the time.

Mitchi

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He is quite a ham. Loves to swim and play and has the runniest nose in the world.

Mallco and Me

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He was adorable. Could crawl faster than anyone I know. He was also very easy to put down for a nap.

Jhon

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Moria loved Jhon, and Jhon loved Moria. He tried to get her to play Spin the Bottle. He is a hemopheliac, and we had to regulate on some of the kids who would like to bite and hit him (i.e. Axel and Victor).