Today is the first day the 4 Albertan Volunteers are writing the blog. We’ll begin with Sunday evening and a torrential down pour. We are in the dry season and a hard rainfall is rare.We were actually thankful for the down pour as it made our work in the garden easier, as the dirt was no longer concrete and dusty.
Monday we arrived at school full of vigor and energy. First jobs first. Cleaning the home ec room and reorganizing. This room had sat dormant for 3 months and in sub-tropic environment you get tons of bugs and dust….
The garden was beckoning and our backs and arms were revolting.We spent one hour working there and then headed to town “Sharing the dream” where seniors are fed three times a week. There was about 25 elderly women and 2 men. They receive a nutritious meal which they then take home. There are no government social programs for the elderly in Guatemala. If their families do not assist them, they often have nothing to eat. Unfortunately the families are often dirt poor and cannot afford to help their parents. To make matters worst, after the Panabaj mudslide many elderly were left with grandchildren to raise.
This feeding program is wonderful and we are excited as “Sharing the Dream” has just been given a piece of land in Chuk Muk and will be opening a new centre there. They had never heard about Chaya and were really interested in all it’s great properties. Aldea Maya is going to be giving this organization several Chaya plants and show them how to cook with it.
Selling beaded jewelry is there means of covering the expenses and you guessed it we all purchased a bracelet or necklace. They have a beadworking cooperative.
Lunch at the small garage called Las Lagartijas, which you find number one on trip advisor. In the afternoon Audrey and Dense gave out tooth brushes donated the third year in a row by Dr. Spenst located in Red Deer, Alberta, and t-Oceanside Soccer in B.C.. Shirley and Edith had the privilege of using there retired muscles to move dirt with shovels and wheel barrels and attempt to level the garden. Three amigos helped us in the garden along with Pedro the garden guy. Audrey also enjoyed working in the garden in the afternoon while Denise was priveledged to help with the cooking and nutrition classes. One of the grade 3 classes learned about Vitamin A and made a papaya smoothie. Hand washing is very important in stopping the spread of disease.
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Denise ran the hand washing area and ensured that the students hands were squeekie clean.
The students then visited the garden to deposit the papaya seeds and skin into the composter. There are already some papaya plants growing in the school garden. We will be planting more and the 3 grade three classes will be in charge of them.
. Bikes arrived early afternoon and needed to be adjusted somewhat, Ten in all were delivered and Jaime and the students worked on getting them road worthy. The students receiving them were thrilled and paid Aldea Maya in bead work which will be sold at home. It is important that the students contribute some work for receiving a bike as it is then a hand up not a hand out. This time 7 girls received bikes. Unfortunately the helmets were not delivered.
We crawled into bed a 7:30 p.m. after an exhausting day and a great supper ceviche which we all helped create.
