After the very thot provoking scene at the rubbish dump, we went to visit two clients working near the dump. They were VisionFund clients who borrowed $ to help their biz. One of the woman had a few children, including one sick boy and they were living in a tiny shed-like structure, which prob will not be able to withstand strong winds.
One member in the group brought Oreo for the kids which they happily took. They were generous kids and broke the biscuits into two so that they can share them around :)
As many of us did not bring any tidbits for the children, Fadeth suggested that we help boost the economy by buying from the shopkeeper (the cambodian equivalent of "mama" store) and gave the tidbits to the children.
Jerry was more than happy to do that and the two small bags which we bought(for only USD$2) brought so many smiles to the children!
The children were in school and this was a welcome break for them - what amazes me was that they waited patiently for their teacher to distribute the tidbits to them and no one rushed to get the goodies!
They were also happily singing "3 blind mice" in Khmer to us and some of us took the liberty to take pix with them :)
So that kinda ends Day 1 of VisionFund Programe.
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