Today was a totally different experienced than at Nijoloy. Not a lot of interaction with the kids :( In fact, we showed up went to an area where there were couches and sat there for bit and then we were shown the jewelry room where we spent a majority of time. We got a lot of painting done, so that's good.
We are definitely getting short tempered with each other :( It didn't help that our expectations of what would be taking place today was far from what happened.
Child Care Home is a different shelter. There are more rules for the girl's safety. The shelter is in the midst of city business. The traffickers know that they are there and try to entice the girls to run away with promises of marriage and security. You also have to keep in mind these are adolescent girls and even with some of their backgrounds, they are still teenage girls and can be persuaded by cuteness and promises of love. There is a bus stop that was recently built near the shelter. This also increases their risk, one for the easy and quick assess to the buses and also bus drivers are known to work with traffickers. The bus drivers will call the traffickers and inform them of girls who are traveling alone and they will get picked up.
It is sad to know that even where they are suppose to be safe and secure they are not.
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| courtyard |
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| sewing room with foot powered sewing machines |
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| bedrooms |
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| to keep the bad people out :( |
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