The George family and friends

Last week Thursday I went to Motherwell with some volenteer workers into Motherwell, to meet two families. The first was three kids whos parents had died, their ages were between 13 and 2 years old. They are currently living in a social workers office which has been coneverted into a bedroom, untill they are finished building a forth orpganage. They are lovely kids and I spent the morning with them - its crazy to think of how many kids are now orphaed by aids, or are having to look after a sick parent and teir pamily members.

We then went to meet the George family, they are alos three kids who's parents have passed away and are now living with their granddad. Unfortunatley he hsa become ill, and now cannot walk, so they will be living with their aunt who has moved down from Durban to look after the family. We spent sometime with the family and went shopping for groceries fro them(this gave me a chance to see more of motherwell, which is not as dangerous as it seems- though you do have to be careful wherever you go). While spending time in their home I had a chance to observe their surroundings, they had electricity so were using two hot plates to cook. They did not have anywhere to store their food though and no running water, but had a large cabnet and a tv deviding the room. This was a gevrnment house, which was not to small but had nothing and does not change if the family were bigger. It was areally great to meet the family, who are lovely and very friendly and a good opportunity to observe how people live. One thing I did realize was that it is so silly that kids still have to buy school uniforms when they can hardly afford food to eat.