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| From Honduras 2011 |
We had a very successful morning distributing 494 bedkits. Most of the children came by bus from as far as fifty kilometers away.
After the distribution we travelled a short distance for two home visits, that were organized by the local Rotary Club. The road was very difficult to traverse — uneven, many pot holes and back in Canada you would think of it as impassable. The first home we visited consisted of three rooms, each approximately nine square meters, at most. A family of six lives in this small area. The home was made of concrete blocks with no windows and a single light bulb hanging in the main room.
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| From Honduras 2011 |
One room was for sleeping, one as a living room (at night it is used for sleeping), and the third was a eating/kitchen area. The home also had an outdoor oven and a small garden. One of the little girls who lived in the home received a bedkit in the morning. She will now have a mattress, pillow, bed sheet, and blanket to sleep on tonight. It is overwhelming to see the conditions these lovely people live in and how much the bedkits are needed.
We then visited another home that was a little larger, having two extra bedrooms, but nine people shared this home. Very similar to the first home, very tidy, mostly because there is no furniture or fixtures and still only one light bulb per room and concrete floors.
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| From Honduras 2011 |
As we were about to leave, we saw a boy and his father struggling up this torturous road on their way home. Attached to the rear of the father's bicycle was the boys bedkit from this morning. I have included this scene as one of our pics from today ... big smiles from the boy and father!!
Tonight we will be attending a Rotary Club meeting where SCAW will be the focus of the meeting. I am looking forward to meeting their oldest active member who is 101!
Valerie Teslia
for the Honduras 2011 Travelling Team
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