What a Monday!

Another start to what can only be a hectic week. The 1st of June is International Child Protection Day and here in Cape Town we are doing workshops the entire week long at various schools so most of the staff is out of office. Over and above this, we have staff working out at the refugee camps and taking them food, water and bare essentials to get through each day. I have to stay in the office to woman man the phones which do not stop ringing – dammit! I am exhausted and though it is only after 7pm, I am going to have a late night to watch a 2 hour special of Greys Anatomy.

Yes, we did allow too many immigrants into this country. Xenophobia is continuing and volunteers are working around the clock to help them. But. These people who are being subjected to attacks and are being driven out the country, are hardworking. Really, really hardworking and they have set up their own businesses which our own people have failed to do – the frigging lazy sods. We cannot now just decide to kill them and drive them out of the country and then loot their businesses and steal from them. Oh, why did I not think about that?

Two of our children were discharged today to other places of safety. One was a 3 year boy and he kept on saying he did not want to go. The place is quiet and our cute little girl will be going soon too. Little V is still with us and his face always lights up when he sees me. I just wish I could capture his smile with my camera but he always gets serious when the camera is pointed in his face. Though we don’t bond too much with the kids, it is still a little sad when they go, knowing we will never see them again. But, for Baby R and Little V (who both will be leaving soon), I am scrapping them each an album which hopefully will go with them wherever they land up. One day they will know that there were lots of people who loved and cared for them in the infant stages of their lives.

Now I am off to watch Greys and then to crash on my bed.

Oh yes…….. you would never guess who is coming to visit Tuesday night – my ex husband! Will tell you more later.