School

Here are 3 of the 7-8 volcanoes surrounding the lake that we could see. These looked like one until we got a little further round and could see there were 3 cones there. Fisherman on the lake. See the farmed terraced hillside behind them and how steep it is. They will grow corn in any spare foot of ground they can find. when we pulled up we were worried where the boat was going to dock with our heavy bags. The dock had sunk into the water and the men were trying to fix it. We managed okay. And last is the special needs school we took the supplies to. We were not allowed to take photos of the kids so I just have one of the building. The teachers were so excited they were nearly in tears they were so overwhelmed. They get no help from the government and while they have volunteers they don't receive much in the way of supplies or money. We got a chance to play with the kids a little Mom took a little boy for a walk around the grounds and he just wanted as many cuddles as he could get. I played with a little paraplegic girl of about 2 her legs and feet and hands were deformed and when she laughed you could see her teeth were brown from rotting. Very sad. The volunteers go out each day to collect the kids and bring them back here. If they don't get them the kids usually sit at home which is a small one room building with a cook fire in the middle but little or no ventilation so they sit there unattended in the smoke.