Back home.

Coming back has been pretty difficult. It was great to see my family and friends in Perth. But now I feel like where ever I go I'm going to be away from one of my families, and constantly worrying about all the kids.
In my first week back I also came across two absolute fuckheads that made we want to get a taxi straight to the airport and leave.
A guy overheard me talking about my volunteer experience and immediately lumped me into the category of "voluntourists" such as the VESA programs which spend one week "volunteering" and one week partying. This dude went as far as saying that I had no impact on the kids lives and that was taking jobs from local people. And also that "world vision spend money on giving out bibles."
I was at an absolute loss for words as I didn't think I'd have to defend myself after my last 3 months.
Another was a lady I met out on night. I tried to start a conversation and she just stared straight thew me and walked off. I learnt later that I need to earn her approval and maybe on our 5th or 6th encounter she will be nice to me.
Reverse culture shock isn't something I thought would affect me so much. Coming from a place where the people have so little but are so loving, accepting and appreciative,  to a society where people live in luxury but won't even grant the human decency to talk to one another.

A lot of people have asked what I am going to do now that I am home. Well I have a year and a half left of university studying a Social Justice major. I want to work in international aid and specially involved in childs rights and protection. Hopefully land a position at an NGO next year when I graduate, possibly end up living in Ethiopia!
I'm going to keep this blog going with updates and fund-raising projects for the Mercy Children's Home. Planning on printing my Ethiopia trips photographs in a photo zine and selling it as a small fundraiser for the home.
Will also be starting a new blog as part of my university assignment, taking a look at the current conflicts in the Middle East.