Friday 15 February 2013

Calheta de São Miguel, Cape Verde - Day 1 (afternoon) - The 9th of February 2013




We decided to walk towards the fishing harbour so as to distribute the presents by the children who had recently got themselves "godparents".





Walking down the street of the Pension surrounded by Tarine and Leinira, whilst being watched by Rosa (left). The fishing bay (right)






Héricles was the first of the children we came across and as his expression clearly shows he wasn't aware of what was going on, as we handed him the bag with the presents sent by Lurdes. He got some of those out and seemed at one point extremely enthusiastic with the train, but it wasn't until his mother showed up to thank us for the concern that he realised the clothes, the toy and the little bag with fruit gums were effectively for him.





































The next ones to show up were the siblings Hélida and Adriana, who being older (7 and 9 years old) fully understood  that we had found them "godmothers", who had sent them beautiful outfits, that they would not be able to wear immediately, but which they gladly put in front of them, so as to show how happy they were.

















Adriana holding the presents sent to her by Ângela (left). With the new skirt and T-shirt (right).


















Hélida holding the new dress sent to her by Odete (left). Both girls standing with their mother who came around to thank us for the gesture.


















Little Jamilson had a similar reaction to Héricles' when he got the presents sent to him by Sara and Tony, but fortunately his mother was with him all the time and she is seen in the photograph displaying an expression of absolute happiness for the little boy and above all the fact that we didn't forget him.





 

































(To be continued)










No comments:

Post a Comment