All of the older children at Hope Children's Home are learning how to make soft brooms. These brooms are used to clean the inside of the house, whereas hard brooms are used to clean the outside dirt. All of the schools require each student to bring two soft and two hard brooms each school term; which equals 12 brooms per year per child. We have started growing our own grass, and training the students in life skills and broom making. They did a good job, and the money saved can be used for some of their other needs.

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