By Julia Brandt | Volunteer
A safe haven where 27 children have a place to call “home”. A place which has grown very strong in the last 10 years and is still developing to the better. The gate to Dayspring Home is well known by all the locals in the area and when entering you will be welcomed by many curious faces. When arriving they will proudly show you the facility, such as the classroom, library and kitchen. In the backyard, you will find the children’s vegetable farm, where they learn to plant and manage crops. In front of the house, next to the swings, is the big farm which is managed by the farmers. Besides nutritious vegetables and fruit you will find the well, which provides water to both the farm and Dayspring Home. And through the water purification system which was lately installed, the kids have clean drinking water at all time to stay dehydrated. In a place like India and especially the South, this is essential as we are getting closer to the hot dry season.
Pongal is a four day harvest festival celebrated particularly in Tamil Nadu in mid January, by showing gratefulness to the agriculture such as farm and cattle. The children participated decorating the garden cow and afterwards enjoyed a special meal including pongal rice, sugar cane and thakali on a banana leaf. The ground outside Dayspring Home was covered in colorful paintings (kolam) and the children wore their finest clothing. A couple of weeks before, Christmas was celebrated at Dayspring Home. Santa Claus came and the children were bouncing off the walls with excitement when they were about to received their presents. Who wouldn’t?
The children are performing outstanding in school and are hopefully looking towards a bright future. Education as you might now is quite costly and every year requires new items for the children. New school bags are essential as many of them are worn out and the older children need bigger ones. All stationeries, such as pencils, scales and rubbers are needed as well and new water bottles for every child to bring to school.
These kids appreciate every little act of kindness. To put up shelves and hooks in the bathrooms would make showering a lot easier, less wet towels on the floor and somewhere to put the shampoo bottles. Also, buying new trunks for their personal belongings and putting up hangers in their bedroom for their clothes.
Other than that, the kitchen is in need of a couple of cleaning tools to maintain sanitary and tidy. This is where breakfast, lunch, dinner and washing is made and is therefore a priority.
Dayspring Home is depending entirely on your generous donations and will with your help secure the future for these 27 lovely children. By continuously donating, this place will hopefully remain a home for many vulnerable children both now and in the future.
Thank you for your support, thank you for making a difference.
Best regards from the children, staff and volunteers at Dayspring Home.
By Fanny Kernbauger | Volunteer
By Agnes Monitzer | Volunteer
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