Playing up before nap time:
Susmita, after a breakthrough. Last time I mentioned her, she wasn't talking or moving. Today, suddenly, she did both. She just got up and started walking around. And once she started she barely stopped, whilst all the volunteers looked on in amazement. But it got better. When she was put down to her nap, Jenny, another of the volunteers, was playing peek-a-boo with her. Susmita started to gurgle happily, the first noise (other than crying for her first few days) that we'd heard her make. A few moments later and she was stringing together syllables (nonsensical, of course, but that's all you'd expect at a year old). The volunteers were entranced. She's like a whole new child from the miserable lump of skin and bones that was first brought in about a month ago. Here she is today:
Gore (pronounced as two syllables, Go-re), is regarded by all the volunteers to be without question the cutest kid at OGN (and, as you've seen, there's some serious competition for that distinction). Here he is, with Maria, having just made a huge mess of himself consuming some snack-time nutrient-rich powder:
In addition to all the cuteness on display here, there was also the enchanting sight of the kids running around in an amazed mass after the bubbles which one of Jenny's friends had brought from America. I don't think they'd ever seen bubbles brought before and they probably wouldn't have been more in awe if the Messiah appeared in front of them.
Also, I had the delightful task of telling Bina that my Mum has agreed to become an education supporter for a little girl there called Jenisha, a most needy and worthy child for such support. It is her house and family situation that is described and shown in the 'Poverty and OGN' post. Bina was over the moon and, as much as Jenisha really understood what was going on, she seemed pretty pleased as well.
It was a very happy day.
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