OVC Visit

On the 13th of April I went to visit the OVC children who live just down the road from ISK. I found this shocking, every day we go to school and take what we have for granted, while almost 200 meters away are a group of children who would give anything to be in our places.

We met at the high school parking lot at 9:30 and then walked down to the OVC together.When we arrived at the site we all stood in a large circle holding hands, the head of the OVC coming forward and asking us if we had any dances or songs that we would like to perform before we began. Three OVC boys came up and sang a lovely song for us, and then various people from ISK went up and did small simple games (like head-shoulders-knees-and-toes, and Simon says, etc). The kids all enjoyed this a lot, but soon enough the circle was breaking up and we were heading to our various activities (the options were soccer, drawing and reading).

OVC Children

I decided to do drawing, and I sat in a small room looking out on the field with around fifteen OVC children and five ISK students. Each child had a drawing book, and a friend and I played tic-tac-toe, hangman and other games with the girls sitting opposite us. This went on for almost three hours, and by the time we were finished their books were almost filled completely with vivid drawings.

We ended the trip with a prayer, carried out by a willing ISK student, and then traipsed our way back to the high school.

I think that this OVC trip shocked me even more into reality. I can't believe that everyday we groan and grumble about going to school and doing our homework, etc, when we should treasure the opportunities that have been given to us, and do our best to help those in need.
These children were so sweet and kind, I look forward to seeing them all again in August.