LOtE....the CAMPO

hey guys
so this last week we split into groups of five and went to sites to visit a volunteer.

my group got sent to the campo.....which pretty much means youre out in the middle of nowhere...in the fields with the farmers.....

i had an incredible time....haha living conditions were rough but i loved it.
i stayed with a host family there.....dirt floors, only two rooms, latrines in the fields, freezing cold shower out of a pipe
lighiting a fire on the ground in order to cook....i loved it

so our volunteer has been working with a womans group and is helping them start a panaderia....a bread shop. they have the building now and some machines but are still learning how to run a business...they have no idea but its sooo great...

also he gives charlas to kids in the area because they dont go to highschool....teaching them about entrepeneurship and such...

it was a reallly realllly awesome experience....me and one of the other kids gave a presentation to the womans group about what goals they have for their business and how long to reach them....


just thinking like this is new for them...


also we got to chop down cana dulce....sugar canes in the fields with machetes

haha i even tried milking a cow but was doing something wrong and it ran away before any milk came out hahaha

i wanted to kill a chicken but never got the chane

mmmm i loved the camp....the only hard part would be that nobody speaks spanish like at alll

im told that when we get sent to our sites that we can move out to the campo if we find work to do out there which there always is....as long as we stay within the city limits of our site..



we find out WEDNESDAy our sitios and then thursday we actually go visit our sight for a week....

its moving really fast now and im super excited....


miss you alll
love you


charley

alumbrado publico

BUENO.....la segunda semana de entrenamiento, nuestros jefes nos dijeron que tenemos que hacer un proyecto en nuestro pueblo. andrea y yo decidimos que vamos a trabajar juntos para implementar el proyecto.
estabamos pensando y descubrimos que hay muchas calles en nuestro pueblo en donde falta luz y siempre esta oscuro durante la noche. decidimos que este problema va a ser la base de nuestro proyecto.
empezamos hablando con todas las personas que viven en lugares oscuros. despues de muchas entrevistas con familias, concluimos que el barrio de San Antonio va a ser el barrio donde trabajariamos.

tuvimos que crear un pedido y despues juntar todas las firmas y schedulas de las personas que viven en ese barrio.

ayer entregamos el pedido a la municipalidad para que el intendente lo pueda ver. la muni nos dijo que tenemos que volver dentro de ocho dias para saber si tenemos la firma del intendente.


que asombroso!