Good Afternoon, HET is an orphange located in Santiago. I have their permission to write this. Most of the kids have some family but drugs, crime, AIDS, or poverty has caused them to live there. For those of you who truly know Dominican culture it is extreme for a child to not have family or friends take them in. There are 27 kids ranging in age from 2 years = (1 boy) 5 yrs = (1 girl) 6 years = ( 3 girls & 1 boy) 7 yrs = (1 girl) 8 yrs =( 3 boys & 4 girls) 9 yrs = (1 girl & 1 boy) 10 yrs = (1 girl & 1 boy) 11 yrs = (3 girls) 13 yrs = ( 1 boy) 15 yrs = (2 girls) and 17 = (1 girl) with about 5 adults who either live ot work there. I know that my math is wrong as I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer but the count was done in the controled bedlam that is the fact of their existence. I am not Mother Theresa and I really do not like kids as they are just starting and I am finishing this adventure but I am my Mother's child and fair is fair. If anyone is interested in donating time (very important just to talk or rather listen to a kid) and/or goods/services please let me know. If you would like I will list some of the stuff that needs to be done along with stuff that is done. I want to thank Sensei Professor Luis Midence aka Hillbilly for his adult supervision to my meager efforts. When I get big I want to be just like him!