The Problems that we have in Orphanages in Malta.

I visited three orphanages. One of them was designed and planned well where the other two lacked any interest in the building.  There were some negative things about these orphanages that I will mention later.

Some orphanages are placed in a big monastery, this is because orphanages in Malta are all religious orphanages.  This is a drawback for orphans because it is not a “family” looking environment.

Here we see that this wasn’t design according to the user.   Maybe they only thought of how many children they could fit here rather than the comfort of the children. 

Some of the orphanages have big problem with hygiene.  This is created because of crowded small space orphanages that many children live in.  There is also poor ventilation which leads to poor natural light entering the building.  Giving the environment a sad and lonely feel.

Something else that I notice is that some things where thought of after the building was already built and weren’t correctly planned.

Colours and patterns don’t exist. My belief is that to live better and thrive, you need to have a suitable environment. 

Why did I choose this topic?  Because I know that some orphanages in Malta lack the correctly planned environment for children to grow happily.