Today we arrived in Windhoek, Namibia from Cape Town. We spent the day visiting the township of Katatura. Townships in Southern Africa were created during apartheid as areas where blacks were forced to live. We spent the whole afternoon at an after school center run by an American woman named MaryBeth Gallagher. We contacted her before leaving the U.S. and were able to bring some books and things for the kids. Since a large percentage of the adult population has AIDS many kids are raised by grandparents or extended family members or friends. The center gives about 300 kids a safe place to go after school and it is pretty much chaos with kids of every age running around. The kids were so fascinated that we were married and kept asking how many kids we have and wanted to look at our wedding rings. They also enjoyed taking pictures of themselves with our digital camera and then seeing themselves on the little screen. They kept asking if we would be back tomorrow.
Story time
The kids had a way of attaching themselves and not letting go.
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