Thursday, May 17, 2007

Bakanja Center, Lubumbashi, Kongo




My best friend Gabina is currently working as a volunteer at the Bakanja Center, Lubumbashi, Kongo. Taking care of aprox. 80 young guys mostly from the street who do not have parents or whose parents just cannot support them. I have been sceptic to this kind of volunteering work. I like the way they handle this center, though. Trying to build new things which are suppose to be managed by local people in the future. Sometimes it may seem as a Sysifof's job, but even a small change which remains should be highly appreciated. Anyway.. I know sh.. about Gabca's work, just from the letters.. let her talk:



"Decka jsou fajn; daji se celkem od sebe royeynat; jenye nepamatuju si
jejich jmena: u nas bwdli 78 kluku a skolu navstevuje jeste vice...

Zatim se roykoukavam; ame n,ejspis budu v ¨reditelne¨ kontrolovat
sesity a yadavat ukoly a po obede doucovat ve skupince a vecer ,si trikrat
v tydnu, s ucitelem procvicovat tak nejak vsechno...
Jsme tu ted 3 dobrovolnice; ale jedna odjede ya tri twdnw; jedna
prijede za tyden a jedna este v lednu na tri mesice.takye nas b ude relativne
dost.minuly skolni rok jen Jitka.

Jinak tu zacina destive obdobi a kdy prsi tak prsi poradne; neni slyset
vlastniho slova.vcera mela naroyeninw Annie,pani y Belgie ydravotnice
toy jsme slavili ale po osme hodine bopurka a konec proudu,takye
pripraena divadla se nemohjla uskutecnit bo bylo prd slyset)ani to asi ne:))
;;;napsala bych vam tedka rada vsechno; ale jaksi nevi kolik casu, net
neni nejrychlejsi.."

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