Social Care Home For Children

Recently I paid a visit to children residing in a UAE social care home. It's a quiet place with separate living quarters for boys and girls and a lovely shaded playground.  The children usually find themselves here for one of three reasons: they have been abandoned by their parents, they had to be rescued from an abusive home or the child's only known parent is serving a prison sentence. 

This little guy's name is 'F'.  He is 2 years old and he arrived at the center a couple months before my visit. His native tongue is Tagalog, which I unfortunately don't speak but he did understand a bit of English. We sat together and I offered him paints - he cried. I offered him different color paints thinking he didn't like the ones I offered - he cried. I offered him markers instead - he cried... I took out my phone and showed him a picture of my new puppy - he smiled. {yeah!} From there we sang twinkle little star and any other nursery rhyme he fancied. Eventually he was comfortable enough to pick up the paints and start making some art. His drawing is the one on the bottom right, with all the awesome crazy scribbles.

Once he tired of drawing he climbed into my lap and just stayed there. Long after all the other children had returned to their private quarters, he stayed snuggled up to me and I didn't let him go until he was ready. 

What little 'F' doesn't know is that he and his friends will be among the first to benefit from Dumyé's giving program which is kicking off next month!

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