hola hola,
So lots has been happening. I only have one week left of volunteering! ekks.
Last weekend I took two girls shopping and we bought...
two pairs of shoes
2 long sleeve shirts
warm hats and gloves
underwear
a big towel
shampoo
soap
soap for washing clothes
milk
yogurt
sugar
rice
pasta
an two dolls for the girls
I think all this cost right around 100 USD.
Finally, the electricity has been paid for at Lady´s house and the installation process has started! . i´m excited about this. And the new rooms for her house have been completed. Lots of stuff has been happening there. it has been great to watch.
I also bought an atlas for the Casa project because the kids don't have an geography lessons at school. It has been really good for the kids and thy are really enjoying the lessons. And today there will me no staff from Expand Peru at the Casa project. It will be me and three new volunteers. I{m in charge because i speak the most spanish but that is not saying much at all. haha. wish me luck.
This weekend I plan on taking two more kids from the chupaca project out shopping. one girl needs a new bed so that should be fun a day.
WEll now i have to run off to the special needs school for a little while. adios
tyler
Friday, May 23, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Cosas
Well things are really moving quick as I really only have two weeks left of Volunteering!!! ahhh. Yes, i´m nervous to finish things up. haha.
So with all the donations I started by helping Lady´s fmaily finish up a room of their house. I paid for a roof and floor borads for a second level. This is awesome because now their house has doubled in size. If i can ever figure out how to post photos again i´ll be sure to put them up. haha. I wish the electricity would go as fast as everything else here. The electrical company is taking forever to get things going but I really hope hope hope that next week it will be up an running for this family. Lady will finally be able to complete her homework after ths un goes down!
Now i´m also trying to bring a psychologist from lima up here who has a wide range of experience with autism. I am in contact with an organization but this is also a slow process. After a week of waiting they finally gave the information for a trained professional that i can contact. I was hoping I would be able to work directly through the organization but this is better than nothing. I´ll keep you updated on this!
Tomorrow, me and a few other volunteers are going to take a few of the kids shopping for clothing, school supplies, cleaning supplies, and other such things. That should be a fun and crazy afternoon in the city.
They celebrate mothers day here! When I woke up in the morning i was told by my host mom that I needed to cook fish for about 15 people. hahaha. It was fun but crazy. The familys are huge here. I don´t know if my mind is capable of keeping track of such a huge family. haha. Fun stuff.
Well that is all for now!
take care
So with all the donations I started by helping Lady´s fmaily finish up a room of their house. I paid for a roof and floor borads for a second level. This is awesome because now their house has doubled in size. If i can ever figure out how to post photos again i´ll be sure to put them up. haha. I wish the electricity would go as fast as everything else here. The electrical company is taking forever to get things going but I really hope hope hope that next week it will be up an running for this family. Lady will finally be able to complete her homework after ths un goes down!
Now i´m also trying to bring a psychologist from lima up here who has a wide range of experience with autism. I am in contact with an organization but this is also a slow process. After a week of waiting they finally gave the information for a trained professional that i can contact. I was hoping I would be able to work directly through the organization but this is better than nothing. I´ll keep you updated on this!
Tomorrow, me and a few other volunteers are going to take a few of the kids shopping for clothing, school supplies, cleaning supplies, and other such things. That should be a fun and crazy afternoon in the city.
They celebrate mothers day here! When I woke up in the morning i was told by my host mom that I needed to cook fish for about 15 people. hahaha. It was fun but crazy. The familys are huge here. I don´t know if my mind is capable of keeping track of such a huge family. haha. Fun stuff.
Well that is all for now!
take care
Monday, May 5, 2008
Over this past weekend I went with Bernabe and Ingrid to visit some families of the children from the casa project. Bernabe and Ingrid are the coordinators of Expand Peru...
We first went to see two young girls from the casa project. They are really nice and funny girls and they live with their mom. Their mom is a maid for a rich family and lives at the same house. The rich family only gives the mom food even though the mom has paula and flora with her. The father worls in Lima for 20 soles a day. the mom makes about 120 Soles a month, at the moment the exchange rate is about 2.8 soles to the dollar. Do the math. So i´m going to buy clothes, school books, and food for the mom and her daughters. yey for donations!
oops, no more internet time!
adios
We first went to see two young girls from the casa project. They are really nice and funny girls and they live with their mom. Their mom is a maid for a rich family and lives at the same house. The rich family only gives the mom food even though the mom has paula and flora with her. The father worls in Lima for 20 soles a day. the mom makes about 120 Soles a month, at the moment the exchange rate is about 2.8 soles to the dollar. Do the math. So i´m going to buy clothes, school books, and food for the mom and her daughters. yey for donations!
oops, no more internet time!
adios
Sunday, May 4, 2008
I´m still alive!
haha, I realized that i haven´t written for almost a month. ekks. lo siento.
Things are going well herea dn are really getting busy since i only have one month left of volunteering.
My parents were here last week! it was a good time and they brought two suitcases full of donations (school supplies) for the children here. They were also able to raise 900 USD do donate to the children in most need. Here is a quick list of what i plan using the money for...
1. fix a broken window at the casa project to prevent a injury
2. install electricity at Lady´s house and possibly finish the kitchen there so they don´t have to cook under a torn blue tarp
3. clothes, personal hygiene products, school books, and food for the children at the casa project living in poverty
4. A world map and a globe for the casa project
5. and a bed for a girl from then casa project who is sharing a bed that is too small for her with her younger brother.
6. Paying a qualified austistic therapist from Lima to come to Huancayo for a few days to teach the moms with autistic children different forms of therapy for thwir kids!!
I´m sure there will be money left over but i think it is a good start!
Thanks again for all of those who donated!!!!!!
Now i´m going to work on posting photos.
Hasta pronto! serio
Things are going well herea dn are really getting busy since i only have one month left of volunteering.
My parents were here last week! it was a good time and they brought two suitcases full of donations (school supplies) for the children here. They were also able to raise 900 USD do donate to the children in most need. Here is a quick list of what i plan using the money for...
1. fix a broken window at the casa project to prevent a injury
2. install electricity at Lady´s house and possibly finish the kitchen there so they don´t have to cook under a torn blue tarp
3. clothes, personal hygiene products, school books, and food for the children at the casa project living in poverty
4. A world map and a globe for the casa project
5. and a bed for a girl from then casa project who is sharing a bed that is too small for her with her younger brother.
6. Paying a qualified austistic therapist from Lima to come to Huancayo for a few days to teach the moms with autistic children different forms of therapy for thwir kids!!
I´m sure there will be money left over but i think it is a good start!
Thanks again for all of those who donated!!!!!!
Now i´m going to work on posting photos.
Hasta pronto! serio
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