Day 3

First off, don't be alarmed if you don't hear from us for a couple days. The internet at the hotel is very unreliable. It works a little sometimes, and sometimes it doesn't work at all. It is never good.



Yesterday we visited the garbage dump. There is a community of people who live at the dump, and we brought 8 large duffels of shoes to hand out. The kids play soccer on broken glass, so they especially appreciate the shoes. We also visited a daycare run by a local woman, and a nutrition center. At the nutrition center we saw two and three year olds who were the size of infants. One boy who was 14 came to the nutrition center weighing only 27 pounds, and they are now proud to have him back up to 43 pounds. After that we visited another nutrition clinic, the one that we helped build on last years trip (see slideshow on earlier post). It is almost completely finished now.

Megan with a boy at the daycare and his new backpack (click for full size)

Today we started our projects for the week. Some of us went to "El Arco" a school up in the mountains, to build small picnic tables and other tables for the kids. Others organized donated medicines to be given out later in the week. Another group went back to the nutrition center to help take care of the kids and play with them.I'll try to keep updating during the week, but like I said don't be alarmed if I don't.



Britt