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
