With a smile and  tear … all the children are off to their original families, grandparents, uncles, older sisters, etc. until the beginning of September.

They are looking forward to it, but at the same time some of them will not have enough to eat. For the poorest families of course we send along a sack of rice. But still some children return to AMPO looking very thin. At least then they can get back to their routine of three meals a day.

The yard is empty and we start working on necessary repairs but we still miss the children terribly!