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Summer Camp 2024. Therefore it is unpolished and lacking formatting and information. Feel free to comment with any questions or requests for clarification.
The Mother's Heart is a religious charity based in the country of
Caillah, created by followers of
the Faith and named after their goddess, the
Mother. They own a number of orphanages across the country, which have been set up specifically to take in orphans of the
Koushan Mai, especially those whose parents have been executed for practicing the
banned religion.
The children are fed, clothed, and given a warm safe place to sleep. They are taught the tenets of the Faith through daily religious instruction in both the mornings and evenings. During the day, they are expected to attend schooling for several hours, and then to work. They are taught both reading and arithmatic, but not to write, as that is not considered an essential skill for the poor. After lunch, the girls work mending clothes or making buttons, whilst the boys are taken to sweep chimneys, or even to dig holes just to keep their hands busy. Some boys who take to the teachings of the Faith well are groomed to enter the
priesthood, though being of Koushan Mai descent they are never allowed to progress past the
lowest rank.
What a perfect, wholesome orphanage that is in no way a guise for assimilating the minority culture <3
Definitely not, they are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts : ) <3