House
Parent: For hundreds of children
“An uninteresting and non-sense topic.”
Maybe that is how people describe an article that features a house parent. But for sure
they'll change their minds if they will encounter a house parent that is taking
care of more than hundreds of children.
The first year colleges in MCT-12 of
La Verdad Christian College conducted an outreach program for the kids at the
“Reception and Study Center for Children”. You'll find Ms. Myra Cruz, the house
parent, taking good care of the abandoned children. The assigned reporter for
the documentary didn't fail to interview Ms. Myra Cruz even though cameras are
not allowed to cover the interview.
Ms. Myra Cruz was asked some
questions about her and the children that she's taking care of. She said that
she's so happy in her task because she treats those children as her own. But
sometimes she gets tired, in the sense that they are really many. She also
mentioned that the children were all materially well-provided but not
emotionally. Of course they cannot fully accomplish the responsibility of a
true parent since they are taking care hundreds of them. And since the children
are in large numbers, there is uniformity in every action they make. They all
eat at the same time; take a bath at the same time. And the only spare time for
them to play outside their houses is on the afternoon. What Ms. Myra Cruz wanted for the children
is, she wanted those children have their own parents or simply be adopted.
Because according to her, those children need the love and care that a parent
can give.
The interviewer can feel her
sincerity in every word she says. Hope that there will be more people who will
love their and tasks like her. (Image. 1 -Ms. Myra Cruz -The woman in yellow who holds the certificate)
