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Before I even had chance to ask any questions a crying child was brought into the sauna room where I, the translater and manager were sitting. Big big tears were coming down his cheeks, unconsolable. The translater asked me if I had food , even if I had I would not use food to get a crying child calm. Well she got out the cheewing gum, pretsels and other rubbish, happely he did not want any of it. Eventually he stopped crying and was happy to receive a few gifts, a tshirt, a book about airplanes and a photo book about my house/family. Than it was time for him to have his dinner. Every day started this way, exept the translater stopped offering him food. It became sort of funny, whenever a caregiver passed the room he started crying again, they tried to get eye contact with him and ofcourse this was not helpfull at all. The second day I was allowed to sit at the back of the building in the garden where a very old broken playground was. My ukchild had joined by than, outside everyone was a bit more happy. The bubbles I brought were a big succes, so was a game with frogs who jumped. I was very happy to hear that the child goes since 6 month to a local pre school, I was very happy to hear he has been on holiday with 3 other kids and 2 care givers to the beach. The orphanage is for children from 0 to 3, he''s 5 and still there because of his medical condition. He has most of the same care givers all his life so that is good. I get the impression they do what they can with very limited resources. The meals were mostly 2 sorts of soup with or without meat, bread with dille and herbs, and water melon and very sweet tea or fruitdrink.We were kept apart from other children, and everything was run on a very tight time table.I met him 4 days and signed the 5th day the papers for his adoption, it takes 4+ months now to pick him up.We met for around 18 hours and it was how I imagened it to be, boring after a while. How much games can you think of to amuse a 5 year old in a sauna, or outside in a broken garden with nothing to do? I brought lots of games and activities, but most things you can only do so long. I would have loved to walk him round the village or buy an icecream, but ofcourse that was not allowed. The child is lovely My child managed well, he enjoyed the swimming pool in the hotel, the dinners eating out and ofcourse the airplanes. Beside my child I brought a friend as well.