during the christmas season children walking tall receive so many donations; toys,dolls,cars, soap, toothpaste etc... what we do not use for our children we pass out to the other slum areas of goa. it is really fun. ali (the houseparent) and one of the volunteers dressed up as santa (crazy considering it was at least 100 degrees) packed up the car with gifts and drove around passing out the presents to the children.



it was really neat to see the reactions on all of their faces when we got to their homes. they were given all sorts of things. soap, toothpaste, toy cars, art projects,cricket paddles,jump ropes etc.... what was so nice is that when they would open up the gift with toothpaste and soap they would run up to you and show you what they got. i have never seen a child so happy to get a bar of soap. it makes it nice to hand out gifts because you know they will appreciate whatever it is that they get.



it was quite a hectic few days of going to all the different slums but it was well worth it. the children were so happy!!!