Orphanage Visit

This saturday we visited an orphanage in Blore. One of our friend wanted to celebrate his lil daughters b'day along with the orphanage kids. It was a strange feeling for me initially, as I had never visited an orphanage in my life. The kids were cute but at the same time not very clean and well dressed. This orphanage had only 6 orphan kids and this was exclusively for girls. It is a trust formed by 14 working people. The Gov/NGO's do not provide any aid, as this orphanage is only 2 years old. There are 2 women staffs to help the kids and as well for cleaning and cooking purpose. The house was not very clean and like every blore galli's it had a lot of mosquitos. The kids were pathetically dressed and did not appear very clean to us. Amidst all these, the 4 kids were very smart and very charming. I could see the pain in their eyes but also a ray of hope. The kids were sent to english medium schools and fed well according to the manager. We did take along some chocos and toys for them.

After the visit, back home my mind started its Q&A session. How would these kids really feel each time a visitor comes to visit them? Obviously the 9 out of the 10 visitors will be sympathetically inclined towards them rather then sharing any selfless love. How would each kid feel when every visitor asks the same questions to the manager and to the kids. Make them sing and dance or fold their hands and sit in a line in a corner. We people visit them for an hour or two and when we come back we completely forget about them. We get so much involved in our day to day life that we hardly even give a thought about those kids. One question to which I am not able to figure out the answer??... Would these kids feel disgusting after a while when any new visitors come and talk to them, show them sympathy and make them sing and dance OR each time when someone visits they would hope that they will be adopted by someone soon/later and these visitors will come back for them and give them a life of a kid who is no more a orphan...!! My mom was a orphan too and when I hear her stories, I get terrified. The whole thought of not having a parent scares me to hell. I know that I will only think and analyse but will never act, I will never contribute to this part of the society which we all know is suffering and will keep suffering, but I will intentionally pretend to forget about it and convince my conscious that I am too busy in making my own life... !! What more can I say?????

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