Watoto (Children)

Alright everyone here are a few of the pictures I have taken of the children so far. As you can see they are all very lovely. The girl on the left below is Marsey, while the boy on the right is Levis. They are roughly the same age and have great personalities. Marsey has a sassy attitude, while Levis uses his baby face to get what he wants.

Next is Jolly. She is quite the handful. If you remember, I mentioned a girl who would not let go of my arm the first few days. This is her. Since we think she cant hear, it is hard to yell at her or even call her over. At times she can be quite naughty and hit the other children in the head to make them cry. It is important to keep your eye on her at all times, especially since she refuses to take a nap during the day like all the other children. Below are a couple of pictures of her.



Levis, as talked about above, can go from being completely happy to sad in seconds. I have grown very attached to him. I think he has figured out that if he gives me his sad face, he can get whatever he wants. It is just so hard to look away from. Here is a close up of him and I. He tends to fall asleep in my arms a lot.


Pictures of the older children will be taken later, maybe this afternoon. As said in a previous post, we plan on taking the children to the beach either Thursday or Friday. Pictures will be taken.

I have not taken pictures of the place where I stay, but I will get on that. You will see a post with those later.

Thanks for all the comments!