Upon arrival to our Swailand home for the month, we knew that we were in for a treat.
We lived at an Orphan Care Point called the Anchor Center. I shared the room with two married couples, while 9 women from our squad occupied the next room. At these Orphan Care Points, children walked there every day from who knows how far away just to get a meal. During this process we not only taught, we played games with them as well. This happens everyday Monday through Friday. For some of these kids, Mondays meal could be the first food they will have had since the Friday before. These children mostly live in Mud Huts, sleep on a blanket on the ground, or paper thin matt, and one it is not uncommon for children as yound 4 to have their infant or baby sibling strapped to their back taking care of them to make sure they are fed as well.
We not only worked the Care Points that were spread across the area, but we did manual labor around the place as well. Preparing land for crops, with only hoes and picks, i worked on plumbing issues, dug holes for trash to be burned, cut grass by hand with something resembling a long machete, and some carpentry work, among many other tasks spread across the month.
In this next video, it depicts these beautiful children of Swaziland and parts of their daily lives. The Care Points, playing games, the teachings, and the smiles and love they are so full of and want to give more freely than i have ever experienced. The Children of Swaziland are burnt into my heart and will never be forgotten.
