Except this random one below.. I dunno if you´ll be able to tell how squished we are but this is quite normal for in a Bolivian taxi. Here we had Katie and HannahSR in the front beside the driver, Dave, HannahW, Emma and myself (sitting on emma) in the back, and Phil in the boot! Crazy fun.
Had a strange week at work this week. So much change is going on. One girl is staying with her mum until next Sunday which is great. It´s a big step towards her being ready to move out of the centre. She´s called Niaves and she´s been at the centre for about one year- one of the longest.
A new girl came on Tues night - we met her on Wed just. I´m not actually sure of her nameand I dont know how old sheisbut she can´t be older than 14 I´d say. She´s Quechuan so she doesn´t speak Spanish. Most of the staff at the centre speak Quechuan but none of the girls do. I think her name is Darcy or something along those lines. She is pregnant. Which is really sad because she has problems.. We think she has psychological problems, just watching her for a couple of days was heartbreaking. One point in the day a staff member asked her to do washing and she came downstairs without her trousers on, just carrying them. She doesn´t interact, even if she could speak Spanish I dont think she would talk. She also has epilepsy and she had a fit in front of everyone on Wed. It was awful, I´d never seen it happen before so it shocked me a little. The staff were great though and acted fast and she was ok. However, being pregnant this was obviously more serious. So, yesterday they took her to a medical centre and I think she might be moved there permanently. Which is for the best - she would need constant care and attention which isn´t possible with only one house mother there 24hrs a day with 7 other girls. It´s just a very sad situation.
Well you are now pretty up to date with what´s been happening. I´ll keep the photos coming to keep you interested!haha
chao chao
5 comments:
Hi Rachel, Glad to see a picture of yourself at last! Your mummy needs to make sure you are looking well and healthy!! And you are both. and as beautiful as ever! You obviously have the Harrison good looks. ( that should keep Peter happy! ) Take care. Dad says Hi and sends his love too. x x x
Dear Rachel,
Great to read of all that is going on. Keep up the good work!
Love from all the family,
Stephen
Hi, nice work.....at least one of us is doing some good! Your prob doing enough for the both of us though so its ok, just make sure my names on the card!
ahem miss rachel i think you´ll find it´s BOOTY not boot!
hehe..
Here´s another wee reminder.."Big booty, big booty big booty, oh yer big booty aha, big booty..Big bootie number 1..etc"
Good times
Chao chao
Love your fellow tearfund chica
Mwah x
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