Yesterday the kids finally arrived in El Paraíso and met their host families, and played games like soccer, cards, and board games. Once we settled into our host families and ate dinner, most of us had an early bedtime. Today we woke up and got to our service location, the Trinidad and Tobago school. After a quick tour of the school the kids got down to work.
Trinidad and Tobago School, where our service project is based. It's a very small school with four classrooms that serve children in Kindergarten through 6th grade.
In this picture the kids are scraping off rust from shelves that will be repainted.
Preparing walls for paint
Group meeting before break--employees at the school gave us fresh mango and watermelon for a snack.
Refurbishing the playground that CA students built on the World Leadership School trip two years ago.
Scraping off rust from bars in the Kindergarten classroom.
By Cleo, Lucy, and Oliver
p.s. from Sue and Allie: Because internet connection is scarce in El Paraíso, the students will be blogging mid-day while we have internet at the school, and reflecting on the previous afternoon and the current day's morning. This afternoon we'll be eating lunch as a group at the home of one of the homestay families, and then heading to the river for swimming and more leadership activities. So far all of the kids seem to in good spirits, are enjoying their host families, and are working diligently. You should all be proud! More tomorrow :)
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