Going on a team to visit a school specialized for Cambodian migrant kids. These are kids of Cambodian migrants (mostly women) who work as domestic helpers in Malaysia. First we played with the kids, taught them to sing “my God is so big”, then we helped prepare their lunch, served them the food and ate with them. Later we did a small program for them, introduced ourselves & the ship, did some balloons and drew on their hands or faces.
They seemed so excited and happy to break from the routine, see & learn new things and meet new people. Noticeably these kids were so excited to see us, even before we started to interact with them, just because we were “white”, a bitter and sad realization to how these societies think of themselves as “lower” and the West as “higher”. But these kids were so genuine and friendly, and because of the little they have, they are easily contented with what little we could offer.
