Nicaragua: Ready to begin

From Nicaragua 2008 Photo Album

The Canadian travelling team arrived safely in Managua yesterday evening. We were warmly received this morning by the Rotary Club of Managua Organizing Committee. This is the start of an exciting first-ever distributon in Nicaragua. The SCAW team ran through a typical distribution process to help Rotary understand the complexities of a Sleeping Children distribution. The Canadian team was impressed with the preparation that Rotary had already done to ensure that the distributions flow well and that needy children receive a quality bedkit.

This afternoon, the team is off to the first distribution site to survey the site and practice setting up the bedkit in preparation for Day 1 and 850 joyous children.

On location, the Sleeping Children bedkit distribution is a co-operative effort between two teams: The Overseas Volunteer Organization and the Canadian travelling team. We have attached photos of the two teams. The top photo shows the Rotary team core organizing committee members: (From left to right) Marcia Miranda, Gunther Hewig, William Rodriguez, Justo Arauz, Jose Delgado, Fabiola Monterrey, and Napoleon Munguia. The bottom photo is the SCAW Canadian travelling volunteers: (From left to right) Lynette Jenkins, Dave Yeaman, Liz Yeaman, Marianne Tomlinson, Ted Swanston, and Clarence Deyoung (Team Leader).

Stay tuned everyone. Love to all. Hasta mañana. See you tomorrow.

The SCAW 2008 Nicaragua travelling team.

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