| This is the place I work at. The sign reads "Fe y Coraje" which means faith and courage. It's a community center where they offer classes such as english, boxing, driving, pre-natal, and from 9am -12 daycare. I work with 2 other american girls and we play with 10-20 children between the ages of 2-5. They are adorable, and crazy! It's very sad though because there is very low funding if any i think, so there are barely any supplies. A few coloring books, paints, crayons.. that's about it. Today Emily (another volunteer from long island actually) and I went into town and bought a huge soft ball to bring to the kids tomorrow. They will be so excited. Nine to noon sounds like a short day, but it feels like forever! The kids are precious but there is no supervisor, only us three volunteers so we have a lot of responsibility and need to use our spanish to the best of our ability because none of the children or parents speak english. Although the job is tough, I am already falling in love with the kids and I know that our presence means the world to them. |
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