Children’s home feeds hungry mouths, minds, and hearts
At the children's home in Iraí, Brazil, our sisters look after poor
and needy babies and children (up to 14 years of age) who do not have a safe
place
to stay
while
their
parents
are
working
outside the home or are unemployed. One hundred forty-five children receive
food, informal education and help in their homework at the children’s
home. Those who are school age attend government schools and come to our
children’s home after school. They also participate in cooking, handcrafts,
sports, computer and typing lessons. The little ones are cared for the whole
day.
The children love coming to the home because there they get food, they
can have a bath, they are able to play, laugh, make friends and they are
respected
in their needs. In addition, they receive tutoring that supplements their
school studies. There are cases in which the children do not want to go
home in the evening and become frightened before they leave due to the reality
they will face at home: lack of food, a drunk father, a nervous mother
upset
because she still can´t find a job, parents fighting, babies crying
with hunger, the whole family trying to sleep in a single crowded bed. This
atmosphere of commotion, stress and disorder at home makes the children´s
home a place of safety and security where the children can experience the
wholeness, nurturing and peace that they so desperately need.
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