Hello people! Today I will discuss yet another boy who is called Adnan. Adnan lives with his siblings and parents in a sort of tent while his father works as a healthcare assistant. His father, Ghulam, wishes for his children to have their healthcare because they are suffering from conditions due to lack of nutrition. He is not in good conditions as he is very slim and his teeth are also decayed due to lack of minerals and vitamins. Nevertheless, he has dreams just like all of us. It is just that...he has not all the things in favor of him and it will be tougher. He dreams of getting an education and becoming a doctor so that he could help other children who are sick and that need help.
He, who is in this condition, cannot think that, if in some way he gets a proper education and gets a better future, he will forever leave his past behind his back and never look at it again. Instead he wants to make sure that the kids in his village have better medical care than he had. This is something truly admirable and it is something that, no matter what age you are, must respect from this child. For a human to be able to make these choices and think like this is truly a gift that mother nature gave to us. It is something that some people tend to forget exists and that brings conflicts in our world...including in ourselves.
Despite the life that these children have now, they are all committed in the House that they are in (the House that Children first have for these children and it is where they spend their time getting medically checked and they study there as well. They are given meals and have time to play. The staff affectionately care for them), they all try their best and have these blinding smiles of which you just cannot ignore and have to smile back otherwise it feels wrong. Adnan is most definitely no different. The House is their great sun in their sky and it is an opportunity that they will surely not miss and will certainly make the absolute best out of it. The House acts like a rope that one may throw at someone down below and the other person will try and try to take a good firm grip on it in order to get up and climb out. Adnan has a smile that tries, hoping for the future that will bring him out of that hole...out into the light that is there but out of reach from him now.
His childhood is not like other children’s. It is not fun. It is not alright. Or ok. But the window that learning and knowing things opened for him may just change that for him. While you are now sitting comfortably somewhere reading this, I hope that you understand how happy one child can be even with nothing...but not with nothing actually. Because as long as you have will you will always have something and it is that that will that makes the children happy and excited. It is that will that makes them have something. Something to look forward to and to treasure in that treasure box I told you about earlier. If you have that, you can keep going.
Okay guys, have a good rest of the day/evening! See you next time!
Dear sweet Rosa...with an immense pleasure I follow your wonderful and interesting homepage and above all your daily information about certain children and themes. It is so amazing to learn, how profound you are able to go into such sensible and emotional reflection and let us partecipate on your thoughts. In quality of being Chairwoman of Children First onlus with headquarter in Varese, Italy and in the name of all our fantastic volunteers I thank you so so much for your wonderful initiative in our favor and in the favor of all our poorest children for whom we take care. YOU MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE among many other people who don't care about the terrible conditions which many children have…