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Heshof Liesbeth

I am leaving on Friday and I can not imagine the day of separation with these kids. It will be a very sad moment in my life to go far away from them.

I found my first week very good and especially the free time in the evenings to go around was fun. It was great chance to see and learn more about the area there. New volunteers should research as much as possible about this place and ask as many question as they can. At the moment I am in the orphanage and running my last week here. The familiar environment here is really touchy one. The kids here would love to see me around of them but time has gone so fast and I have to leave this beautiful place soon because of my time schedule. All the children address to me as auntie which is so wonderful to hear from them when you come back to orphanage.

I have involved in different activities with the kids here. Visit to an elephant orphanage was brilliant tour. It was quite nice trip to them. All the people in the group sang all the way to make the children fun. We took the children down to the river where they could see the elephants bathing on the river. On the way back we bought some candy and Pringles for the kids. All the kids enjoyed a lot our entire trip to elephant orphanage. We visited lots of cave temples; ancient city named Sigirvia and went for safari in one of the forest parks. The most thrilling thing was having our jeep charged twice by an elephant. The weekend in Haberona which is north from Gampola was brilliant and was the right choice of place.

I am leaving on Friday and I can not imagine the day of separation with these kids. It will be a very sad moment in my life to go far away from them. Love