We sure love volunteering at El Bichito. The kids there are so darling. We have learned a lot about many of these kids over the past few weeks. After the kids eat lunch, many of them go home. However, there are about fifteen or twenty kids that usually stay for a couple hours to do homework and play games. Fifteen of these kids belong to one of two families. One of the families has six kids ranging in age from four to fourteen years old. The parents of the family work on a farm about two hours away and are unable to come home very often to visit their kids. So, the fourteen-year-old washes all the clothes, cooks food, and takes care of the kids. We visited the home of this very poor family last week. It is so sad that these kids go home to an empty home every day with no one to take care of them. The other family has seven kids in it ranging from two to about sixteen years old. The oldest child had to drop out of school many years ago to care for her younger siblings. I am not sure about the situation of the parents, but I know they work a lot. The two-year-old and three-year-old girls of this family are so adorable! Many of the kids that come to El Bichito bring a tupperware. They eat half of their meal and then put the rest in their tupperware to save for later. I'm not sure if they have much to eat at their home. Thank goodness for this program that provides these kids with food each day. Below are pics of us with the kids.
1. The two little girls (ages 2 and 3) mentioned above. Today Stephen fixed the shoe of the little girl on the right with duct tape because she wears the same broken rubber boots every day. When he pulled her shoes off, he found her feet were covered in mud inside her boots.
2-3. These kids belong to one of the two families mentioned above.
4-5. Playing English Bingo with the kids. They love it!
6. Two of the other volunteers playing games and helping kids with homework.
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