Dondo

Dondo?  African bird? food?  Nope, Dondo is another orphanage we visit every year.  In 2007 the Care For Life volunteers built bunk-beds and supplied mattresses for them.  In 2009 we painted the entire outside of the orphanage and tried to repair their leaking roof.  The roof was just too damaged though and even with the repairs, during the rainy season the water just poured in.  This year when we arrived at Dondo the children were not there.  The government shut down Dondo because the water leak was interfering with the electric wires and posed a huge safety risk.  We were told the roof needs to be replaced and that the 35 children were all moved to different orphanages or sent to live with family members that live in very poor conditions.  We were all so upset by this news that the volunteers vowed to return home and raise the needed money to replace the roof.  I was so proud of them as I listened to them discuss ways they would raise the much needed funds to help out this orphanage.
Posted by Margie English