AT THE ORPHANAGE, AGAIN


TO-DAY SAW US ONCE AGAIN VISIT SCOALA NR 12, THE
ORPHANAGE IN TANCABESTI. FOR SISTER MARIA FROM ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND THIS WAS VISIT NO. 1, FOR ME IT WAS MY THIRD.
AFTER BEING WELCOMED BY THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF, WE WERE GREETED AND HUGGED BY SUCH A VARIETY OF CHILDREN ALL SO HAPPY TO SEE US AGAIN AND HAPPY TOO TO SEE WE HAD COME WITH BOXES AND BAGS FILLED WITH GIFTS FOR THEM.

IN FACT WE HAD NEW SUMMER WEAR AND UNDER-CLOTHES FOR ALL PINK, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE. GETTING DRESSED AND PHOTOGRAPHED WAS SUCH A JOYFUL EVENT FOR THEM AND STAFF WAS HAPPY TO HELP DRESS THEM. APART FROM THESE COLOURFUL NEW SUITS WE HAD ABOUT SIX DOZEN CELTIC FOOTBALL STRIPS WHICH HAD BEEN DONATED BY LORD PROVOST LETFORD FROM DUNDEE. HE HAD, IN THE PAST, FOUNDED A BOYS' CELTIC CLUB IN DUNDEE AND HE WOULD SURELY BE PROUD AND HAPPY TO SEE THE BIG BOYS (AND SOME GIRLS) JUMP WITH GLEE TO WEAR THE GREEN AND WHITE WHICH HE HAD SENT THEM.

MANY CHILDREN HERE HAVE PROBLEMS BUT, LIKE ALL CHILDREN, THEY WERE MADE HAPPIER BY OUR ATTEMPTS TO BRIGHTEN THEIR LIVES.