Wardlaw-Hartridge School: Guatemala 2015

Hey everyone, this is Melissa, Sanjana, and Simu. So far we spent 2 nights at the host families, and 2 days working on the community project. Our project consists of working on the 2 entrances of the primary school of Las Vinas. On the first day, we helped clear the area of trash and then we played with the children of the community. After eating lunch at our home stay, we visited a local home to learn about the art of making empanadas and tostados. We then spent the evening learning about our personalities and leadership styles. On the second day, we scrubbed the staircases to prepare them for painting and made the foundation to build a gate at the rear entrance of the school. After returning from lunch, we discussed the main global issues  we chose and developed questions related to the community to further expand our perspective of the community. We split into groups by gender, each with its own group of leaders, to ask questions based off of the lifestyle of the community. We hope to continue learning about the community and we'll see you all in a week or so! Adios! :)