The month of July is a holiday from school for the children. So, the Umuryango boys have been off from school. Today most of them left to go visit their families for two weeks. So, there was a lot of excitement this morning as 14 boys packed their bags and gathered their taxi money. That's right, 14 of them have families to go to. This is a concept that is difficult for me to understand. If they have families to visit, then why aren't they living with them? Why had the boys chosen a life on the streets versus a life at home with their families? Possible answers are poverty or maybe abuse. No matter the reason it is very difficult to imagine the nightmares they were living before coming to Umuryango.
I was so excited for the boys who left today to go to their families. They all left the home at the same time and walked to the taxi stop. But my heart was hurting for the 6 boys who don't have families to go to. Boys who are orphaned, who don't have parents, who don't have the opportunity to go anywhere for the holiday. I sat and watched them as the boys left for the taxi stop and imagined what they were thinking. On the outside they seemed fine. They were playing marbles and the boys' leaving didn't seem to phase them. They seemed happy for them. So, hopefully that is the case and are not hurting inside.
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