Peace is new to the orphanage. She arrived this week. She's 3 years old but skin and bones, with a big belly. One of the staff had heard about her from a neighbor and told the orphanage about her. Her father is a taxi driver and would leave for 4-5 days at a time. He would keep her trapped underneath a bed without food or water. Every time he came home he would ask the neighbors if she was dead yet. No one knows where her mother is or if she wants the baby. Right now Peace sleeps in a room by herself at the orphanage because she might have TB. Also, she's very scared and slow to warm up to people. When the staff do bring her out to the playroom she sits in a corner scared of the other kids. Casey and I are going to be working more with her so she'll get comfortable around a couple people. She let me hold her yesterday and smiled at me while I gave her a cup of milk to drink. That's a huge improvement!
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