We pulled up to a building just like many of the indistinguishable brown and concrete buildings around it except for an alphabet painted on the wall. And the chattering of kids as we approached.
There were not really roads to the building either. Or it was hard to tell what was roads in the midst of the red dust and gutters.
The kids were in undershirts and shorts when we encountered them in the morning. We discovered why when they changed back into their school uniform to go back to their communities.
"Communities" is what one of the main workers at the Street Kids Academy called wherever these kids went back to. That was where they slept and might have been slightly taken care of. Luis was saying he didn't want them removed from their communities like they do at orphanages. I think one of the reasons is for them to get their peers to come as well.
The kids were calling us "sir" and "madame." They also use "boss" for others when they are calling them.
We have been eating delicious vegetarian dishes with rice every night for dinner. Tonight we even had the most delicious and tasteful bananas I've ever had. We've passed some delicious looking fruit and have just now been able to try it, in the smoothies from this afternoon as well those heavenly bananas.
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