The first-ever distribution in Nicaragua is completed. Thanks to SCAW donors, 4,000 children in this country will be sleeping well tonight. In addition to handing out 516 bedkits today, our team had the opportunity to visit the homes of two families in central Managua.
Upon arrival at the first home, the mother hugged our team and was so overcome with emotion that she was sobbing and thanked us profusely for the gift SCAW had given her daughter. We were invited into her home to see where the bedkit would be used. The mosquito net had already been set up, and the children in the family all piled onto the bed, and we asked if we could take their photographs. Please see the attached Slideshow.
At the second home, the mother was heating milk in a metal pot over an open fire when we arrived. The team was shown through their home. We were struck by the clothesline in a communal courtyard made of scrap barbed wire, with well-worn items hanging over the rusty metal barbs.
After witnessing the conditions in these two homes, the team was happy to have had the privilege of providing help where it is so obviously needed.
Because tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, the team felt it was only appropriate to invite our new friends in Rotary and Rotaract (young and future Rotarians) to a celebration to thank them for all their hard work in organizing this first-ever distribution.
Thank you donors for making this Thanksgiving truly meaningful for the team and for 4,000 children and their families.
Thanks for all the e-mails. We have appreciated your encouragement and best wishes.
The SCAW 2008 Nicaragua travelling team.
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