On Saturday the 3rd of March some of the members of the OT Expat Family Social Group visited the Verbist Care Centre here in Ulaanbaatar. In total there were 47 children, who we spent time with. The activities we did were outside play with the two donated soccor balls, bead making, painting, colouring in, balloon play and for the older girls painting nails. What can I say all activities where a hit but having such a large number of children of all different ages was a little hecktic but well worth it. The children were so welcoming and many of them wanted to give us their art work. I was suprised the balloon play was one of the favioute activities and only taking 10 balloons it broke my heart when some poped and I couldnt replace it. As most of us can not speak Mongolian the children who could speak some English tried very hard to chat and the younger children where happy to grab our hands and pull us to where they wanted us to go. It was wonderful to see our own children interacting and making new friends. Our next visit will be on Saturday 14th April and our group hopes to make regular monthly visits.
To find out more about the center visit http://www.verbistcarecenter.com/
The Lawson, Gerber, Mitchell and Playford Family visiting the Verbist Care Centre
One of the girls starting the beading
Paul Gerber and Bob Lawson enjoying balloon play with two children
One of the boys enjoying colouring stars
Bev Lawson helping with bead making
One of the centres girls with Donna Gerber
Girls enjoying bead making
One of the centres girls enjoying balloon play
Donna and Matthieu the director of VCC
Bernadette Playford and one of the centres girls
The centres boys giving Paul Gerber a run for his money
Bob Lawson playing basket ball
One of the centres children bead making
Cassie Mitchell and her new found friend
Sarah Gerber with balloon play
Megan Gerber painting nails
Bev Lawson helping with beading
Ben Playford's ears were a big hit with two of the centres girls
