The handing out of the presents continued till late afternoon, as children kept on arriving and the ultimate goal was to be able to hand them all out, which was a difficult task taking into account that there were almost ninety children and we would be spending the next morning and early afternoon in Tarrafal.
The siblings Paulo Silas (left) and Silvano (right) with the presents sent to them by their "godparents" Dulce and Pedro respectively.
Paulo Silas and Silvano with their mother, who came around to personally thank us for the help.
Claudina holding the presents sent to her by Ana Mafalda (left) and Marquinho holding the ones Sonia sent him.
Lucia holding the envelope with the money for the school (left) as well as the presents sent to her by her "godmother" Carla.
Carla holding the presents sent to her by Rosario, Nair and "grandmother" (left). Little Andrine holding the doll I bought for her (right).
Little Odete with her mother wearing one of the new T-shirts (left) and a dress bought for her by Célia (right).
Little Edeson playing with the toy train offered by Mia, whilst being watched by Wanda.
Josseane (left) Tarine and Leinira (right) wearing the "Chinese" made Venetian masks I bought for them.
João and I didn't resist taking a photo with Tarine and Leinira wearing the Carnival masks.
We all felt quite happy by the end of the day, despite being tired out and still worried by the fact that we still had quite a few presents left. For any of the colleagues who came with me, as well as their wives it was an unexpected experience as they later told me, but according to Jack Kornfield "Les choses les plus importantes de notre vie ne sont pas extraordinaires ni grandioses, ce sont les moments òu nous nous sentons touchés l'un par l'autre" and throughout the day there were several touching moments, which none of us would easily forget...
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