Operation Feed the Children: The Sequel
For those of you that have followed my blog(and have an excellent memory), you may recall my post about a particular day in South Africa. On that day I approached the building project manager, Deen and asked him what I could do to help the children. He looked at me and said “If you really want to help them and make them happy, you must get them food”. I listened to his advice, bought and prepared lunch for all the children at the building site.
The pure joy and happiness in the children’s faces while they were eating lunch is something that still resonates with me today. For that reason, a few weeks ago I decided to make a donation to Deen to buy the children food. The volunteers at the site prepared the food in a similar fashion and the results were the same. The results are best explained by an excerpt from the Projects Abroad blog below:
“Less than a year ago I had been most fortunate to be associated with a remarkable volunteer Jonathan Verpent who again donated funds for food which would be distributed to the kids at the crèche on the building site. This had been the highlight of two weeks spent at the adventures of the building project. Receiving heart-warming smiles from the children in those three days spent giving out food and drinks was the most incredible feeling that reminded me of the true happenings in the heart of the building project.”
I wish I could have been there to deliver the food in person, but the the pictures below will have to do. Special thanks to Deen and his son Vash for putting this together and executing my idea.
Volunteers preparing lunch
Happy Children!
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