Porch Kids

I worked hard to create a safe space for the kids in my Village. My porch was a place they could exist without any expectations or roles placed upon them, a place where we shared and considered others, a place where we vocalized our feelings and practiced patience. The kids on my porch were my greatest source of energy through my two years. We would sit, do art, put on outfits and bluff, watch cartoons on my little laptop, or just sit and talk. I learned Liberian English from the kids in my neighborhood, and the local Mothers always chided me for speaking the colloquialisms like a child would.