Children’s Activities

Children exercising

Children playing at the school yard

Unbelievable but true

Yes unbelievable but true that yesterday afternoon and today so many people were on the roads, going back to Dahieh and even the South to check on their houses, to see what is left of it and if so to bring some stuff: TV, clothes, even a PC…The truce gives them the opportunity to go. We see some of them coming back, crying, screaming or just sobbing; they saw the spot their house had been, nothing left but debris.Others are luckier.

This morning while going to our schools, we saw cars queuing in from of fuel stations. Some fuel stations were not yet open and cars were lining up. fuel is rationed since last Saturday. I do not have a car, but my friends tell me that from now on they are only allowed to fill for 10 000 LL = 5 Euro. But as always you find people having “special authority”, meaning knowing important people who back them up; they fill as much gallons  as they want. People dispute…Others line up for more than 45 min to fill for 5 Euro.
The other big problem is the stock of medication for the chronic sick. Some of the pharmaceutical storehouses are unaccessible, or have been destroyed. There is a shortage. People with hypertension need to take their medicines; some of them have been without medication since last week. Pharmacies give what they have, but once their stock is finished, then…nothing to receive.

Today 3 young volunteers help us entertaining the children. The NBN TV is present, broadcasting live. We play with the children (40), let them draw whatever they want. Most of them draw houses, landscapes of green villages, some draw airplanes. While we are all drawing airplanes fly over, very close and making noise. The children get terrified and they want to run into school, we tell them it’s because of the Feast of the Lebanese Army today. So they stay and continue drawing.