One of the positive things I like about New Zealand is that there are no orphanages or institutions for children left on their own for personal or tragic circumstances. All children are fostered out to families who want to take up the challenge of loving these children. Even in schools we are always reminded of children who are living with caregivers and not their own parents.
When I visited Vietnam in the mid- 90s with my friends, we came across this little boy who was left at the monastery. Unlike the other boys at the monastery who were entertained by our tour guide, he refused to socialize with us but we managed to take this side picture of him (see above photo) and looking at his photo again reminds me of how some children are so lucky in life while others go through life with minimum everything.........
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