One of the first places I'd like to highlight is the Dina Institute. Full name is the "Dina Habitation Institute for Caring and Mogolism." We ran into this facility while on a patrol to a local hospital. It is a sad and depressing place. It is really nothing more than a local home which contains about 800 sq feet of true living space and houses about 55-65 developmentally delayed persons, mostly children. The background to this is that the owner of the house who is a 40-ish female once had a child with a handicap who subsequently died, but in taking care of this child, others began to drop off thier handicapped and physically and mentally challenged children to her. On an upcoming blog, I'll cover how this society justifies this apparent abandonment of thier children. I have attached the video below of my first visit as words just don't do this place justice. There are some ongoing efforts on our part to assist, and I will keep posting any news.
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