There’s a special kind of holy chaos that comes with back-to-school-forms to fill out, uniforms to size, supplies to buy, and children to encourage. But at Operation Smile Children’s Home in Lower Poonah, Williamsville, this year carries an added weight of wonder: it’s the first new school year since the home reopened and…
In the Maasai language, “Matonyok” means “make the effort.” That phrase becomes especially powerful at the start of a new school year, when pencils are sharpened, uniforms are straightened, and children line up-many of them carrying a story that could have easily kept them from ever sitting in a classroom. Haven of Hope…