We distributed our first 22 pairs of shoes today and it was quite an experience. We were STRONGLY cautioned about our safety in the neighbourhood we were going to. Especially things like Tony's camera gear and any electronics. So at the moment, we don't have a lot of photos/video of the surroundings. Cameras etc. had to be hidden in backpacks. We walked into a tiny room that acts as a schoolroom for these 22 kids.
While entirely chaotic, everyone pitched in to make it work and the kids were amazing. They were thrilled with their shoes and entirely excited about the video and still cameras.
While our long overnight bus ride was reasonably comfortable...let's face it ....it was a bus. Not a great sleep. We arrived in Trujillo around 7:30. Waited a half hour for our ride. Checked in...ordered breakfast and our lovely attendants from Bruce Peru....Charo and the volunteeer interpreter Silvie arrived. We wolfed down our breakfast, shot a bit of an opening/intro and took off for the school. (I can say we all pretty much looked like a bag of hammers.)
Very authentic.
Tomorrow is planned to be a little less hectic - a larger school, and we'll be able to organize before going. We're looking forward to that.
Everyone was entirely bagged so the kids went to sleep, Tony and Ben are backing up video files and Allan and I are just chillaxin' in the extremely charming Hostela Colonial.
I hope to upload some pics later on tonight. The faces on these kids are priceless.
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