This little boy sat on my lap for almost an hour yesterday. We were out in a village to give the community a bicycle ambulance. The other kids were kind of picking on him because he said something silly to the "azungu." We were told he had malaria too many times and it has affected his brain. But he adopted me for the next hour, proudly sitting on my lap. I was sitting on a chair with the village chiefs while everyone else was seated on the ground facing us so I think he was feeling pretty special. I took his photo and showed him. Then we took some photos of the other kids together and he figured out all the buttons on the camera. He also took off my hat and wore it for a while. He was a cute little kid. He wasn't too happy when I had to leave, I think I had kind of made his day. And he had been my gift for the day. I found out after we left that it was African Child Day -- kind of appropriate.
Yesterday, June 16, was the International Day of the African Child. "It is [also] a day to fight for the cause of children in trouble: the AIDS orphans, child soldiers and impoverished youth who will inherit the continent."
the VanWoerdens in Malawi | Emmanuel International
This little boy sat on my lap for almost an hour yesterday. We were out in a village to give the community a bicycle ambulance. The other kids were kind of picking on him because he said something silly to the "azungu." We were told he had malaria too many times and it has affected his brain. But he adopted me for the next hour, proudly sitting on my lap. I was sitting on a chair with the village chiefs while everyone else was seated on the ground facing us so I think he was feeling pretty special. I took his photo and showed him. Then we took some photos of the other kids together and he figured out all the buttons on the camera. He also took off my hat and wore it for a while. He was a cute little kid. He wasn't too happy when I had to leave, I think I had kind of made his day. And he had been my gift for the day. I found out after we left that it was African Child Day -- kind of appropriate.
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