Monday 2nd July Woke up early and after breakfast all the volunteers, Hilary, Barrett, Duc, Nicola, Suzanne, David and I with our interpreter Hien were driven to see each of the centres where we will be "working", An Hoa, Chi Lang, Thuy Xuan (XP), Xuan Phy (XP), Home of Affection and the Baby Orphanage. Each one is quite different in size and architecturely and the ages of the occupants vary from a few days old to adults, including children with disabilities. After lunch, I went to the Baby Orphanage where there are only 3 toddlers. I played with lego, did jigsaw puzzles and they laughed at seeing themselves on my camera. I "gave" the kids a sex change as I thought they were 3 little boys but apologised to Hilary as they are really 2 little
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