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by J ol l yMus oke pos t gr aduat e s On t he 18t hJ ul y2015,at10: 00 am we got r eady wi t hf ew pos t gr aduat es t udent st ov i s i t Amadea Hous e,whi c h ac c ommodat es k i ds t hatwer epr ev i ous l yabandonedorabus edby t hei rc ar et ak er s . Wepac k edt hepar c el sand Dr ,Mohammed and Dr . J ambal angpr ov i dedt r ans por tt ot heAmadeahous e. We ar r i v ed at10: 30 am, gr eet ed by Ri na Mal an, who t ookust ot het ourof t he Amadea hous e,and t ol dusaboutt hehi s t or yof Amadea,andt hel ov es he hasf ort hek i ds .Wemet t hek i ds , ofwhi c hmanyar e ment al l ydi s t ur bed,ordi s abl ed,buts t i l ls howedaf f ec t i onandi nt er ac t edwi t h usv er ywel l .Wes atdown ont hegr as swi t hk i dst hat wer er eadyf ort heday , we i nt r oduc ed our s el v es t o t hem andl i k ewi s et heydi d t hes ame. Wes pok eabout whatt heywantt obewhen t heygr ow up.Some k i ds s ai d mec hani c s ,t eac her s , r ugbypl ay er sandonel ady i n a wheel c hai r ,s ai ds he want edt obeaVet er i nar i an.I tr eal l yt ouc hed our hear t s as Vet s bec aus e s he l ook ed bey ond her phy s i c al i nc apabi l i t y and v oi c edoutwhats her eal l y want t o be when s he gr owsup.Thek i dss anga happy bi r t hday s ong f or me, t ol dusaboutMandel a Day ,and we at es ome c ak e.Somek i dsas k edf or mor ec ak e,butt heywer e notal l owed t ot ak emor e asi twi l l i nt er f er ewi t ht hei r medi c at i on. Wepl ay edv ar i ousgamest hatr eflec t ed t hat al t hough t hey ar e abandoned by t hei rbi ol ogi c alpar ent s ,Ri na has mades ur et hatt heyf eel at home. 16