One child you may have heard a lot about is Danson. His story is incredible. Addicted to Glue at a young age, abandoned and with no one to look out for him. Saved by luck through the kind heart of Rose Lancaster, and brought to the Open Arms Village.
Danson is now 15, top of his class and wants to be an Engineer when he grows up. He can also run a 4min mile. I challenged him to a race, but I bet you will all guess correctly who will win.
There are hundreds of children here, all in school, very well behaved, and thankful for the people who have helped them get off the streets. It has a real sense of calm in the village, unlike the slum schools. Although, across every child and young person in the whole of Eldoret, their respect for their teachers shines through every time. Perhaps because of their eternal gratitude towards them.
So, on to this evening. I had the pleasure of meeting the gorgeous Baby Alex.
The story is, for some babies are born due to incest and are either sold or killed, these babies are called Taboo babies. `There are quite a number of these babies staying in the Open Arms Village, luckily none have congenital defects associated with Incest.
At 4 months old Alex has spent all of his life in Hospital, born prematurely and now still only weighs the same size as a new born baby.
I must admit, I fell in love as soon as I saw his tiny feet, hands and big brown eyes.
Although this post is not directly related to the work of The Solomon Project, I really wanted to share with you the fantastic work that Open Arms do in saving children like Alex each and every day.
Hope you've enjoyed the blog so far. Keep checking back for more updates.
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