For the last three months I have been on the Runda Feeding Program with Interact. What we do is we meet by the Java House near the U.N. and from there we go together to Rottery's old age home somewhere in Runda. We give the old men and woman plates of food and we stack of bread and other kinds of food for the children in this little house/veranda. Then lots of little children come for food, they all get a plastic bag and they walk in a line to the different stations where we all stand give out different kinds of food. Its really sad, and sometimes you'll boys and girls carrying dolls or teddybears wrapped in blankets on their back, to make it look like they have a little baby who also needs food.
Runda Feeding Program has really showed me the true nature of people, or one of the natures ;) Me and my friends are always so suprised how ungrateful the children are after they've gotten food, no one ever says thank you, everyone always wants more, and when all the food is handed out and finished total chaos breaks out at the old age home. Guards have to scare the children away with sticks and things get really scary, people are screaming and running towards us in search for food. Me and my friends always thought that when you're doing charity you'll feel good about yourself, that the people that you're helping will be grateful, but what we see here is the complete opposite, we often leave feeling sad and spoiled. Even though we feel this way we come back though. But when I think about it I realize that it's fully understandable that they want more, they're just hungry...but a thank you now and then wouldn't hurt.
I wish I knew how this blogger thing works so I could put some pictures up but I am kind of computer retarded so....
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