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It's been a while since I posted something on this weblog, sorry for that!

The baby I wrote about last time is in our care now. She's doing really good. Smiling a lot! It's also fine that her older sister can see her now. You can see she really enjoys seeing her baby sister.

For the past few days we had to take care of a few more kids:
Last saturday a 3/4 years old boy was abandoned by his father and left at a bar. When we were there te fetch him, he was hysterical. He was screeming, kicking, beating. Was really sad to see. We had a hard time approaching him. Because it seemed that he was under the influence of some drugs or alcohol (his dad was an alcoholic himself) we wanted to take him to the hospital for blood tests.
The ride to the horpital was crazy! We was screeming and kicking the whole time. Halfway to the hospital he started to pull my hair... On the highway we almost hit some drunken guy, it was just unbelievable!

On Friday a 4 months old baby was brought to the drop-in centre. The baby looked not very well. We cleaned her and left her to sleep for a while at the drop-in centre. The girl is Sindi's sister. Sindi a little girl who is staying at Mother of Peace. Her mother just passed away and she has been sexually abused herself. She now stays at Mother of Peace and her baby sister is staying with her aunt. 

The Saturday support group was a little more busy than last time. The kids are so sweet. When you see them you cannot imagine what they may have gone through. Will upload some pictures of them later.

Two weeks have already passed... This week we had training on HIV/aids and the Bobbi Bear. It was very interesting and even though I already knew a lot about it, I still leared a lot! It is always good to hear what happens and what the CSO's have to deal with. I also followed one of the CSO training days. Erica (the police captain) told us about the child protection unit, how the police functions, what kind of forensic evidence collection kits they use etc etc. It was a really interesting talk!

Last weekend Erica took me to Thanika. Last time when I was here Bobbi Bear had just resued the little girl. Her mother was an alcoholic an drug addict. At the point of rescue the girl looked really bad and was sick all the time. But now she looks really good! It was really nice to see her again, although she was a bit scared of me.... ;)

The first few days have already gone by! It is really good to see that much has changed since the last time I was here! Beside the premises at Mother of Peace (a childrens place of safety), Bobbi Bear rents a house, where they have offices and a counceling room as well.

It was really nice to see everyone here again! People here are so enthousiastic! They really make you feel at home. At the moment I'm staying at a cottage at Mother of Peace together with 3 other volunteers.

Thank you for visiting my weblog! In a week I'll be in South Africa again. For the past two years I've been doing volunteer work in South Africa. Just as last time I'll be going to Bobbi Bear. This organisation helps sexually abused children in the Durban area. Besides this they are also very active in HIV/AIDS education and prevention.
In the coming 5 weeks i'll try to post stories (and pictures) on this weblog every now an then. If you're interested in this project you can subscribe to my mailinglist (on the right) and you'll receive an email every time I post a message!