adopt		the practice of cleanliness
affection		surprising
ageing population		making your nervous, anxious or scared
appaling		to drip water
beg		so bad or unpleasant that it's shocking
broken home		friendship and love one has for others
worthwhile		enthusiastic about
literacy		old people
nerve-racking		the ability to read
eager		a temporary poor quality school.
destitution		having advantages that others don't have
shack		the state of having no money or possessions
leak		a family where the parents have split up
reputation		to take another person's child into your own family
host family		the opinion hel by others of somebody or something
eye-opening		to arrive
miss out		to polish people's shoes for money
hygiene		being worth the time, money, effort spent doing it
makeshift school		hut
wealthy		to lose the opportunity to do something
shine shoes		to ask very eagrly for something
turn up		a family that a visiting student stays with
privileged		rich