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Years ago Jamila Larson saw hundreds of children were living in homeless shelters in Washington D.C. So she decided to seek it for herself.

几年前，贾米拉·拉森(JamilaLarson)看到数百名儿童住在华盛顿特区的收容所受罪，于是她决定亲自去一探究竟。

I really wasn't prepared for what I saw. I saw half-dressed children in the hallway with no toys, rows of metal bunk beds, sheets for doors, no screens on the windows.

我真的没做好心理准备去面对我所看到的一切。走廊里站着衣衫不整的孩子，没有玩具，只有成排的金属双层床，门帘是床单做的，窗户上连纱窗都没有。

And I asked the women giving me a tour doesn't anyone ever donate toys, thinking that my co-workers and I could do a toy drive for the holidays.

我问带我参观的女士是否有人捐赠过玩具，想着我和同事们可以在假期发起一次玩具募捐活动。

So I was told yes sometimes people donate toys but we keep them in a closet. So the kids won't make a mess.

我听说，有时人们会捐赠玩具，但收容所会把它们放在壁橱里，这样孩子们就不会弄得一团糟。

So that's when I learned that it wasn't actually going to be helpful for us to donate toys, that we literally needed to donate ourselves.

就在那时我才明白，捐赠玩具对孩子们不能起到任何帮助，我们真的需要捐出的是自己的爱心。

In 2003, Larson decided to help to start a non-profit organization called Playtime Project.

2003年，拉森决定帮助创办一个名为Playtime Project的非营利组织.

Each partner with homeless shelters provide fun activities and playrooms for children.

每家与无家可归者收容所合作的机构都为儿童提供趣味活动和游戏室。

It's supported by private donations and the help of 200 volunteers a week.

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