There are Kids Without Stuff all over the world and volunteers helping
them, just like at StarShine. Just this week I heard that my great niece, Stacy
has been volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal.
Stacy, an interior designer, decided to spend her two-week
vacation in Nepal. Here are some of her experiences in her own words:
I walked to the orphanage through the
busy and narrow streets. There are 34 children in total. Seven children are pre-school
age and there is one baby. I will be spending most of my time with them. The
older children are in school. When I first arrived, Krishna who is 2 years old,
Himal who is 3, and one boy who normally would be in school, but could not
attend because he did not have a clean
uniform, were playing. I sat and played
with them for about an hour. I gave them bouncy balls and covered them in
stickers, they loved it. We went outside and I read to them. That is when I met
Sony, who is 4-year-old girl. She came up and jumped in my lap. She held my
hands. I learned later that her little friend was recently adopted and she
hadn’t been the same since. Later we put together a puzzle.
The next day when I got to the orphanage,
I was pleasantly surprised to see the children playing outside in the sunshine.
They love having their picture taken and then looking at the picture. Later I
was upstairs writing with three 5 year old boys when the director’s assistant
came in to ask me if I would stay with the baby for awhile. The baby was lying
in his bassinet, which is a rusted metal triangular shaped frame that sits on
the floor. He was falling asleep when she left the room. Of course, the second
she walked out he started screaming and crying. I picked him up, held him, and
started to sing the only lullaby I know, one that my Mom used to sing to me
when I was a child. As I sang I lost it. I was sitting on the floor holding the
baby and we were crying together.
Stacy shared
some stories about the rest of her time in the orphanage in Nepal. I am so
proud of this young professional woman who would give up her vacation and
travel so far to help these poor little children without parents. They truly
are kids without stuff and Stacy is truly a saint.
By Lois
Jamieson
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