Projects

So after a busy last few days I finally have pictures and things to show.

On Thursday I spent the morning in the Wawa Wasi with the little kids again and this time brought out balloons for them which they all absolutely loved. I think I spent most of the morning blowing them up as they were popping left, right and centre. It was after this that we went to Magarieta"s house which is where we have been doing our first project and where some of the money raised has gone too.

Margarieta owns a baby house in the slums, which has been shut down. One of the photos up top is of her house that she is living in at the momnet. It is literally about the size of my bedroom and her and her daughter are sharing a bed. Through the volunteer program we have helped build her a new house for her and her daughter to live in with the baby house in the room next to it. All the volunteers went to help out with building the roof after lunch, although I believe we were more of a hindrance than a help. I think my contribution was succesfully nailing ONE nail into the wood (there were two other nails that I didnt actually manage to get in!). We havent seen it completely finished yet but it should be done by Tuesday so we will get to go back and check it out then.

Today we took seven kids from the school in Pachacutec, where some volunteers teach during the week, out for a treat. These seven students got top marks in a mathematics test that was held in Peru and as a result we took them out for the day to congratulate them and to encourage them as well. They all came to the home stay in the morning and all seven volunteers took the kids out. We started off at the zoo which is walking distance and they loved it there, we were there for a good few hours and were exhausted by the end. Afterwards we went to Miraflores which is where the beach is and took the kids out to eat a Norkys, a Peruvian chicken place that they all wanted to eat at. Finally after this we went for a walk along a lookout over the beach and they were all so excited by the view there and were happy to stay there for ages just playing around. On our way back home we took them to a store called Tottus and told each kid they could pick out a pair of shoes or item of clothing for themselves. One little girl picked out this sparkly top and when we went into the changing rooms with them she came out with the biggest smile on her face saying how much she loved it.

We are finally back home and EVERYONE is exhausted, the kids all had a great time though. They all live in Pachacutec near the school, so most if not all of them have never been to the places we went today which was nice for them all.

The next project on the list is hopefully the kitchen for the baby houses, so I will hopefully get that started soon.

We are also starting to think about Christmas and at the moment out of all the volunteers here it looks like I am the only one staying for Christmas! Hopefully more volunteers will come too. We are putting together a big hamper of toys and games for the babies at the Wawa Wasi. There are also plans to put on a parade for the kids at Semilltas that they can join in with too as they wont be very god at sitting still for long. There will also be plans for La Punta and for San Antonio, we just arent sure yet!