At the Leadership camp

We are short handed at the camp and it is at a new place. There are a few Canadian volunteers, 5, and many youth to help - it is still hard to feed the 175 kids and 50 adults
attending.Two of us are on food and we have helpers, but three times a day 250 people line up and we have to ladle out the food and then are left with a severe dish problem, There was
no plan for the dishes and no place to do them, so we are using a utility shed with concrete tubs and candle light. There is no soap today and hot water runs out. There are 75 girls in each of 2 residences and 75 boys in another on the floor on wall to wall foam mattesses. There are small lavatories ( we are staying on the premises). This a.m. I had to fight my way in past the naked soaped bodies to use the toilets that didnt flush after all. Quite the experiences - I am the chief cook bottle washer and clean up. My desire to wipe and chop will severely diminished after this, a life long habit will be gone. But if can help educate these girls and prevent more
more HIV and violence it will be worth it. Back to the camp now - Talent show starts tonight.