Summer Library Sprucing!

Two weeks ago 10 eager college students arrived to live in the Manna House (yes, there are currently 19 people living all together in the Manna House) and work with us on our programs and do things us PDs just simply never have time to do.

Haley and I have 2 awesome girls helping us with Adult English and they are already planning and teaching part of the classes. Our awesome students have of course welcomed them with open arms and it's definitely a load off of us during a very hectic time of the year! But it's going great and Sonia and Jenni (our TA volunteers) are doing a fabulous job.

Sonia and Jenni teaching vocabulary!

I also have some volunteers helping me paint the very worn down clinic at Aliñambi. But more will be told of that in a few weeks when we finish, so stay tuned.

One of the biggest changes as happened in the library. When Tulane was here for Spring Break, they painted an amazing mural on one of the walls in the library. Tulane left it up to the PDs to fill in/paint all the bubbles....well it never got done. So we recruited the summer vols to finish it for us and within 2 days, it was transformed! It looks fabulous all completed!

The completed mural! (I painted the Ecuador flag :) )

Apparently finishing the mural wasn't enough and some decided to take on a new project of painting other parts of the library as well. The library really needed some color on its ugly pale yellow/tan walls and its getting the star treatment! It is really starting to look like a library with continued book donations and character being added by short-term volunteers and a wall now devoted to the kids reading club. Its incredible to see what we been done since we arrived last July.

Jenni and Claire working on the 

plant/outdoor themed Adults Corner!

I am sure there will be more to come of the library space with these vols around and a new group coming in in a few weeks so I can't wait to see what else springs up!

Disfrute,

Krysta