Alcohol, Drugs and other Undesirables.

Ok. So this post is an interesting one. This happened last night.

Yesterday was the Valentines Ball for the kids, they all get dressed up and look baie lekker. The little'uns went first from 6-7 then the older kids from 7-9.30. In the change over there were a lot of volunteers hanging around and our manager called us into the nearest living area to have a quick meeting. We got the impression it was very important because absolutely everybody had to be there whether they were working or not.

Due to the fact it's a children's home (and it's against the law) there is a zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol on the premises. If alcohol or drugs are found in your room or on your person you get sent home straight away. So were all called into this meeting and our manager starts off with: "What's the children's homes main rule?" And we're all like "ohhhhhhhh" From what I've heard, staff smelt people smoking weed a few days ago and in a different incident also saw volunteers smoking. So yesterday evening during the valentines ball we all had our rooms searched. About an hour later 4 people get called into the night shift leader's office and long story short, they had to have left the home by midday today. It's about as much drama as there will ever be in my time here.

In other news, I did litter picking today with my kids! As part of a project with Cape Town Council (I think) some of the ids are taking part in an outreach programme which today involved picking up litter for a hour. The kids found 2 bras 6 g-strings and 9 wine bottles and I'm almost certain they threw them all away (you never can be too certain) and then we had a lovely braai at someone's house!