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- 1. “Welcome friends to the community of San Carlos”
- 2. This is thecondition ofthe roomwhen we first arrived; the floors had yet to be done and the walls needed to be finished.
- 3. Our first task: to get rid of rocks and sticks inside so that we could level the ground for brick laying.
- 4. Making a trash pile behind the building.
- 5. Sanding the edges of the bricks to make them pretty. :)
- 6. Teamwork!
- 7. Schlepping…
- 8. Don Marcos, one of the two professionals, laid and leveled each brick by hand. He let some of us try it which led to a lot of broken bricks. But for Don Marcos, each brick we broke was just a reason to try again.
- 9. Don Marcos and Kayla
- 10. We used old flip flops to scrapemortar into the spaces between the bricks.
- 11. Hard at work mortaring
- 12. I loved the reflection of the trees and sky on the floor.
- 13. Dying the floor red! (That’s me in the red shirt and striped pants.)
- 15. Sometimes there weren’t enough tasks for everyone to have a job….
- 16. During these “lulls” in work we really got to know the school children. The group before us taught the kids how to play “Duck Duck Goose” but since they didn’t know those words in Spanish it was translated as “GatoGatoPerro.” If you ask me, “Cat Cat Dog” makes more sense anyways.
- 17. This house across the street from the school is where Luis lives with his grandparents.
- 18. Jessie (to my left) and me with our new friends Sergio and Isa.
- 19. Floors- check!
- 20. This is what the ceiling looked like before we closed the gap to the roof.
- 21. I spent a lot of time with Omar, one of the 2 professional construction workers, filling in the spacebetween the walls and the roof. While we worked we talked a lot, especially about poverty and cultural values. We bonded over our shared opinions about the importance of self-determination and hard work.
- 22. Rice and beans, every day, three times a day!
- 23. Our “facilities.” The latrine is furthest back and the two open air shower stalls share a wall.
- 24. This is the classroom that was made available for us to sleep in.
- 25. All our meals were cooked in this kitchen which was in the same building as our sleeping quarters.
- 26. My handiwork!
- 27. Decorations for Inauguration Day
- 28. Back view of the building. While it will mainly be used as a dining room, it will also serve as a community meeting center and an OBGYN clinic.
- 29. Project: Youth Dining HallSponsored by American Jewish World ServiceCo Sponsored by CoopadMarch 2011
- 30. Parts of the Inauguration Ceremony
- 33. Jessie and me saying goodbye to Omar.
- 34. The day we went home some of the community members came to say good bye and get a few pictures with us before we left.This pictureshows onlya fraction of them.
- 35. Three friends who came to say bye and wanted a picture. My friend Sulady and her brother.
- 36. Kayla, with just a few of her admirers.
- 37. Our wonderful cooks posing with Luis and Meg. Luis lives across the street and came daily to help them in exchange for food. He was crying when we left. Meg spent hours bonding with Rosibel and Adelina, and took home a number of new recipes to try. (left to right) Rosibel, Adelina, Luis, and Meg.
- 38. Gracias!(Everyone loves a Jewish Gaucho!)