Last Friday I had a really amazing experience when I went to an orphanage in the north east of the city with my English class. It’s a big house called “La Casita de Belén” which also works as a school for the poor children. It looked very well, with all the necessary items for educating the children and for the ones who live there.
When we arrived, there were plenty of children playing around the yard. It was surprising for me that all of them seemed to be very glad and curious about us. After that, we visited the room where the little babies slept. Some of them were walking slowly around the room, others were sleeping and a few of them were crying, so we decided to stay with them for a while. What really made me feel sad was that they were so thirsty for hugs and love; there was a sort of sadness inside their eyes and it was difficult to bear.
Then we all left that room and went into a classroom to make some fun activities in order to help the children to learn more English. They were so happy and curious, and some of them didn’t stop asking questions.
When we finished, we went to meet the director. She was very happy about our visit too. She seem to be a very kind and humanitarian person, and I could see how important all those kids are for her. Finally we left.
What I could learn about this experience was that I can share much more of myself with other people. Most of us are often so selfish and we think that we are the center of the world. We should realize that this kind of people don’t need too much of us, just sharing with them makes them happy. It isn’t a matter of money; it’s a matter of love.
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