Duduza Dolls in Ilula

After we greeted the children, we were given personal tours of their rooms and the grounds.  One child was especially excited to show us their cows, rabbits, and chickens. They milk the cows and collect the eggs, and the rabbits will be used as meat when they grow more.  They also have a very large garden and an oyster mushroom house.  We were served a mushroom stew that was delicious!  The Children's Home in Ilula was very self-sufficient, growing and producing most of their own food for consumption.  


That evening we joined the children for their devotional time.  The team members gave each child a Duduza (Comfort) Doll of their very own.  We have lots of pictures of the children with their dolls.  Please refer to the earlier post about how you can support the Duduza Doll project. 


We had supper with the staff, and shared many ideas about community development.  Empowering Lives International (ELI) really works with the surrounding villages as well as the childrens' home.  Due to continued jet lag, we turned in early. 


After breakfast Sunday morning, we had a relaxing team meeting with a lot of laughter.  Sunday morning we joined the children, parents, and staff for church service.  Many groups off children sang and danced, including a visiting school from Sudan.  We heard beautiful singing in Swahili, and we were able to sing along to the English songs.