By Leoni Smith | Volunteer
Dear friends,
The summer came to Buenos Aires and the sun shines all day, lighting up the days of people like ours and those of the girls in Hogares Malen. On Monday the 6th of February we, the volunteers of Mensajeros De La Paz, went to this place, prepared with colours, papers and some plants we found at the way. Our plan was to do something creative with them because it makes the girls happy, they realize that they have great ideas and they are able to create their own works independently.
Because it was very hot we asked them to meet us in the huge garden and we sat down in the shadow of the trees, talked a bit before we introduced what we want to do. With colours, flowers, plants and glue we made our own garden at papers and the girls really liked it because it became beautiful and we could sit outside, laughing together and sharing stories.
Sometimes it´s also difficult for us to treat with the girls because they are so lovely and friendly and the work with them is very great and touching but we always have to keep in mind that they all have a painful past with problems with their families like violence, sexual abuse and addiction to drugs. Therefore it is important to be careful in conversations but there are always enough beautiful things to talk about. Because of their personal problems we always should have a behaviour that keeps a bit the distance. That's not so easy for us but that's the thing about beeing a volunteer, we have so many things to learn and the girls also are teaching us to be strong, to keep on going with a smile and to work together. On the other hand, they are also receiving because we´re distracting them from their daily problems and their fears, we´re giving them the attention they maybe didn´t get at home, we´re supporting their creativity and making them laugh most of the time.
They were happy, we were happy!
By Laura Rodriguez Sanchez | Volunteer
By Laura Rodriguez Sanchez and Leora Hug | Volunteers
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