Monday
31st March
Last
week was a very busy week at school as Suzy (the founder of Kiya Survivors)
came to visit the centre. It was nice to meet and I truly admire all the work
she does for the centres, it’s all very inspiring. She also came with her son
Bruno, who helped us lots and her aunt and uncle. As we were so busy doing all
these different projects, I didn’t have much time to take photos in school. I
did take a few photos of their last day when we had cake all together and sang
them a song to say thank you for all their help.
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| Profe Yessi singing, Sonya and Suzy with cake and our visitors |
Additionally,
I did document one project that Marina and I worked on. Around the school and
in our shop there are a lot of papier-mâché piggy banks that the kids made
during summer school. They don’t really have any use in school and it is not
something that visitors can buy and bring back home as souvenirs. Therefore, we
decided that we could distribute them in different stores, cafes and
restaurants around town and use them to collect change. I have seen a lot of charities
do this in the UK so I was hoping it would work here in Urubamba as well. We
cut holes through the top of the pigs for people to put coins in, added a label
at the front of the pigs to explain what they were and I brought to different
places. Everyone was happy to have them in their store or restaurant and seemed
really enthusiastic about the idea. Yesterday, I went to check the piggy we
left in the store where we do our laundry and there are so coins in already. So
far so good! Let’s hope they work and we can collect some funds from locals and
tourists around Urubamba.
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| Pink piggy bank with sign |
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| Piggy banks ready to be distributed |
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| Piggy no.1 in jewelry store/laundry place |
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| Piggy no.2 in Sweethearts Cafe |
I
also planned a new mural Marina and I are going to start tomorrow with the help
of the children’s’ handprints. Let’s hope it goes smoothly!
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| Sketch for the new mural |
And
after a long but exciting week of work and projects and planning, I definitely
deserved an ice cream (although never as good as Italian gelato) :)
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| My well deserved ice cream |
