The distribution went very well. Lots of volunteers and co-operative children and parents are to be thanked. We had a perfectly-controlled site that was out of the sun.
We were very lucky to have Elizabeth Cole, an energetic, fluent Spanish/English-speaking young lady stationed here as a teacher through the US Peace Corps, who acted as our translator throughout the day.
We were able to do three parent interviews with Elizabeth's help. At the end of our interview, the parent made a statement that we thought would be worth passing on.
After expressing her gratitude for the bedkit donations, she wanted us to know that having the Canadian volunteers come here and actually physically hand the bedkits to the child was a wonderful thing for two reasons:
- It showed the people the love that came with the bedkits, and
- It ensured that the bedkits contents all actually reached the child.
Garrick Byers
for Team Nicaragua 2010
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