We started the day by visiting the other towns in which SHH has built schools, this includes at least 5 other locations. This really demonstrated how great of an impact SHH is having on not only Villa Soleada (the town we're working in) but throughout the region.
Here are two examples. We visited a town where SHH is just starting a new school, but we had the pleasure of touring the town's current school... It was a bar with old pool tables, corn being stored in the corner, clothes strung on a line through the room and a round table haphazardly placed in the middle of a room. The new school being built by SHH will be solely used as a SCHOOL (Imagine that?). Another eye-opener was in a town where SHH had already finished the school. But before our organization helped them, their school was known as the "chicken coop." It was one big room with three classrooms. Ten desks faced one direction, ten desks faced another direction, and ten desks faced a third direction and at times they would have class at the same time. I don't know college students with that much focus, so I don't see how children could learn in that environment. Now they have three separate classrooms in one building. Those were the two locations that really floored me in terms of classroom space.
After the worksites, we had lunch in Villa Soleada. This was before having a good time stomping around in the mud while making cement, or should I say cemento. It reminded me of making homemade raviolis. You know where you make a volcano with the flour and put the egg inside trying to ensure that it doesn't leak. Only we were using sand, cement, stone, and water.
At 4:30pm we headed off to play cage soccer, tournament style! "Arbedelo" (our team) kicked butt even though we started off a little rocky we definitely finished strong. It was so much fun playing against the other schools that came from across the country and with some of the Hondurans we've been working with. And let me just add that our women's team were the champs of the match! Holla!
Here are two examples. We visited a town where SHH is just starting a new school, but we had the pleasure of touring the town's current school... It was a bar with old pool tables, corn being stored in the corner, clothes strung on a line through the room and a round table haphazardly placed in the middle of a room. The new school being built by SHH will be solely used as a SCHOOL (Imagine that?). Another eye-opener was in a town where SHH had already finished the school. But before our organization helped them, their school was known as the "chicken coop." It was one big room with three classrooms. Ten desks faced one direction, ten desks faced another direction, and ten desks faced a third direction and at times they would have class at the same time. I don't know college students with that much focus, so I don't see how children could learn in that environment. Now they have three separate classrooms in one building. Those were the two locations that really floored me in terms of classroom space.
After the worksites, we had lunch in Villa Soleada. This was before having a good time stomping around in the mud while making cement, or should I say cemento. It reminded me of making homemade raviolis. You know where you make a volcano with the flour and put the egg inside trying to ensure that it doesn't leak. Only we were using sand, cement, stone, and water.
At 4:30pm we headed off to play cage soccer, tournament style! "Arbedelo" (our team) kicked butt even though we started off a little rocky we definitely finished strong. It was so much fun playing against the other schools that came from across the country and with some of the Hondurans we've been working with. And let me just add that our women's team were the champs of the match! Holla!
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