Saturday 23 November 2013

Nicaragua: The Children!!

Our 4th day of distribution was back in Managua at the Juan Pablo II School.  It was a very small school with not much room to move around, but 400 more bedkits were delivered bringing our total to 1,200 (2,800 to go).


This blog features the children.  There was little difficulty in knowing that the children in this area were poor. One only had to look at their shoes and the parents patiently waiting outside the fenced-in area of the school.
 
You will note that all the children in the pictures are wearing white T-shirts.  This is done in Nicaragua so that the children have a shirt that can be used as part of their school uniform to go along with the blue shorts that are also included in the bedkit.  Heat is an issue here in Nicaragua and several of the children were feeling ill from the heat even though they were in the shade most of the time.  Our Rotary Club of Managua provided a cool fruit drink for the children while they were waiting to have their pictures taken which certainly helped.  
Like our distribution in Leon, we were able to visit several homes of the children who received bedkits. 
 
After visiting the homes and seeing the children, their siblings and parents, there was no doubt in our minds that our donors money was being put to good use!  The SCAW Team was also lucky to duck another rainfall.  While we were having lunch on the shore of Lake Managua soon after the distribution, a storm hit with high winds and torrential rain.  If the storm had hit during our distribution, today's blog would have been an interesting one!  So, we are blessed to be providing bedkits to very needy children and we are blessed to have missed the rains for 4 days in a row.  Please take a look at the pictures of the children - aren't they beautiful? They are sure deserving!
Tomorrow is a day off - time for sightseeing and getting caught up on sleep.
Team Nicaragua 2013