The "highlight" (?) of my holiday

The emotional highlight of my holiday was when I became the "Guest of Honour" at a local Blind School.

(One becomes the Guest-of-Honour by agreeing to pay for lunch for 200 blind children).

I had the opportunity to talk to an 8 year old boy, who became blind when he was 4 years old, and who had been at the school for 2 years.

The boy was *full* of questions about me ( - he really didn't understand what a "foreigner" was), but he also had lots of questions about his school ( - what it looked like, how many people worked there, etc).

It was clear to me that the child was very "under-stimulated" - it was clear to me that he wanted to know about the things around him ... but no-one had the time to tell/explain things to him.

I was at the school for 90 minutes, and truly, for me the visit was heart-breaking.

I'm hoping to go there again sometime in the future ( - next year ?),  but it really will be a *huge* emotional struggle for me.

Here is a photo of the lunch ... 

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