For International Women´s Day I really wanted to do something in my community. So I had organized with the director of the biggest school to do a charla (literally chat) for the 7th and 8th graders and also to paint a mural at the school. However. Things always turn out more difficult than one thinks. I was going to head down to Paraiso for the weekend to celebrate that we`d been in the country for a year, but the day before I left I came down with dengue and instead spent the weekend in the capital laying in bed and taking ibuprofen to bring down my fever and stop my body from aching. So needless to say when I got back to my site, I wasn`t feeling up to standing on my feet for several hours to do the charla. Luckily, for me, I had my volunteer visit the next week so she helped me draw the sketch on the wall of the school and the following week we started painting it. We still haven`t finished and now I`m going to try to do another one to celebrate Earth Day. Hopefully I will be able to finish the first one and do the second one next week.
Thony and some of the muchachos helping to paint the mural.
We had a big group so we had to take turns painting. And some people were definitely more skilled than others.
Here`s how the mural looks now. Hopefully it will look even better next week when we finish.
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