A few families that were displaced from the village are living nearby in a tiny town called Congrejo. One of our teaching assistants from school, Vanessa, moved with her family after the village became unsafe. They have been nice enough to let me use some space in their home to work with the kids from the village living in Congrejo over the next few weeks. Today, I went to Congrejo armed with acrylic paint (all colors of the rainbow), paint brushes, and an assortment of little boxes. About 10 kids that used to live in Villa Ascension showed up for my "art class." They had a great time and I was pleasantly surprised by their creativity! We had a great time and the kids had a painted box to take home with them.
After we finished boxes, some of the kids were still lingering, so we decided to walk out to the beach- Playa Congrejo. Ramona, Ramoncito, Yaneli, Manuzca, and two other little children came with me. It was a long way- but I think this was mainly because I carried four year old Manuzca the whole way. Luckily, she sang to me to keep me entertained. Once we got there, we splashed around until the kids decided they needed to strip down to their underwear and swim. They had a blast and so did I...
Monday, January 5, 2009
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2 comments:
sounds like yall are making the most of having no school..hey can i get one of those painted boxes..what do they do???
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