Today we where at out volunteering again. I was really trying to se te positive things that the sisters and the mazis where doing. There are many things even though the negatives are so much easier to notice. The main thing is tha theese children are alive, they LIVE. Only that is a big thing. Without the missionaries of charity this children wouldn't have been. They live and honestly, the most children are smiling.

When the sisters put volonteers at Daya Dan they say that it is importan that there are only volunteers who have planed to tay for a month or longer. The sisters are aware of the childrens need of consistency. Almost every child at Daya Dan suffers from autism. But you can't say that they are treated as autism chldren. There are notes on the walls with the childrens names and all of their needs and "no needs".

They write for example :
Hi my name is Manu, I am 9 years old and i have autism. When you are taking care of me, pleas do not carry me arround, as I just learned to walk and it is good for me to practise. I am of diaper but i need to be reminded to go t the bathroom. If i wet my self, pleas dont scream at me, just change my clothes.

When i am happy I use to do clicking sounds, pleas learn me other easy ways of comunicating by repeating easy sounds. I love to be kissed on the chin, you will se when I ask you for one.

theese notes are writen with so much care and it makes me happy to read them. It say what the kids likes to do, what they don't like. What they need to practise and what they can manage on their own.

It felt good to find theese papers as the day yesterday really made me wonder what i can do here.