Monday, October 20, 2008

Last week was interesting and very short. The week was cut short by a teachers day. Teachers day was on Friday which meant that we didn't have school at all and we had a school luncheon for all of the faculty. The meal was very good, nice steak meal. It was nice to sit down and eat with a lot of the people at the school that i have never really encountered before. Thursday, i went to go help out with the Techo para Chile. (Roof for Chile). It is a national aid program in which they are trying to switch all the houses in the ghettos in Santiago. It was hoped to be accomplished by 2010 and i think that won't happen but at least they are taking steps in the positive direction. The house that i helped out was funded by the kids donation from the school. The house was built for a 20 year old girl who had a one year old boy. They lived in absolute poverty, basically it would be building a shed in a dump. It really makes you grateful for what you have.

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