As promised to Dr Ken and Dr Anne, Heather and I go to visit the 2 boys they are sponsoring and wish to remove from Funga Funga. They warned us that is was quite a horrid place. It’s a retirement home run by the government. In deed, when we arrive there, we realize it is shockingly dirty and smells like neglect. The main hallway is long and dark. You can see into bedrooms where the walls are smeared with stains. The whole place smells like urine. Most of the residents are elderly and look sick and malnourished. The 2 boys are young and were placed there I guess because no one else would take them.
We only met with Amos as the other boy is in town, most likely begging. Heather checks on him and his urine bag that hasn’t been changed in too long. I ask him questions about his life story. He is extremely friendly despite the tragic life he has had so far and I feel struck by the genuine positivism that shines in his eyes.
Amos is 23 years old. He has been paralyzed since 2005 after a car accident in the hills of Morogoro when his truck rolled over in a ditch. His parents died 2 years prior so he is an orphan but does have a distant family member who check on him. He comes from Kiroka and doesn’t have secondary education but loves to draw, study and write.
On the way out, we meet an old man in his late eighties who fought for England in Kenya.
After the visit, we go to get new urine bags for Amos for his arrival at Mvomero at the end of the week.
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