Thursday, 25 January 2007

Agua Para La Escuela














Well I arrived today at 07:30am to be met by a grand mission indeed!!!!
There is no running water for the toilets at the school. So every Thursday each pupil and parent (that doesnt live too far away), brings with them, a bucket, bottle, pot, bag or container of water in order to fill the a large water tank inside bathrooms. Then each time a puplil, teacher (or Volenteer) uses the toilet they scoop a bucket of water from the tank to flush their toilet!

Simple but effective!














Sindy and her Amiga














My mate Winking Melvin and his enthusiastic helper.














Where as the women here carry everything on their heads, the men carry heavy things on their backs and the kids learn young.














This is me this morning with my 7yr old 2nd grade students, it was taken by Freedie a 7yr old who has also never used a camera before, hence the framing!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

well.. look @ my beautifull sister,im loving the pics!wow,its a big change from LA! You must be going through soo maney diffrent emotions, But keep strong and just Do YoUr ThInG!!! LOADS OF LOVE! your siss ElIaNe!!

rockmother said...

Cool pics - do more - they are great. Hope you are having a brilliant time - all the kids look so happy I can almost hear their chatter. It's lovely. :-) xx