Orphanage visit

A slightly belated post. At the beginning of this month a friends visiting son brought lots of clothes and toys etc. to give away, some ladies added whatever they found and bought some food items. All in all we had an impresive pile suitable to feed an orphanage, so that is where we went.

Our swedish had friends visited this orphanage before and we followed them there, some 35 k's from Ouaga, a rather big orphanage of over 100 kids run by nuns. They take in kids from 0-12, after that they go to foster families. They are trying to be as self-reliant as possible, which means there are chicken, rabbits, a few cows, a vegetable garden, their own waterwell and most importantly a school.

The children varied from scared to surprised and cute. I played football with a couple, one kid held our hands. Our friend did a puppet show for them, something they never saw before. Kermit the frog did not get a very big welcome.

The old man was a hit, but it was cruel of us to put him in a bag afterwards: how does he breathe?

Why the tear litle fellow?

How to take care of your little brother.

Is it a man? It talks, so it must be.

It was a tiring day
http://burkinaframtid.org/_en/index.htm

Vlisco fashion show

As a Holland promotion the embassy organised a fashion show of the Dutch company Vlisco with drinks sponsored by Heineken.

Vlisco is very well known in Africa and hardly in The Netherlands. Their material known as Dutch wax is five times the price of local material, but you can see the difference.

Heineken is here for three years now, but is finally taking off. Not a big deal for us, but we are pleased with the Heineken own softdrink branch 'Royal Club'; finally some choice among which our favorites Ginger ale and bitter lemon.

The show was a mix of dance, song and of course fashion. My colleagues daughter designed some of the dresses, he can be proud.

sad news

Our life here has been turned upside down
both cats are missing...presumed dead

Musti went out to play last Friday evening after some lap time and before dinner and hasn't been home since. On Monday evening Nev went out and hasn't come back.

With Musti gone we assumed she was trapped in a building, rat trapped, run over, bitten by a snake or something...Nev gone too makes us think there are people involved, and its likely they have been killed for food or magic.

We are as can be imagined, devastated. Not knowing what has happened is tough.

Our couch is very empty.