In addition to building the latrines and meeting the people of the bateys we were fortunate enough to distribute over 600 lbs of supplies that were collected from our Rotary club, and all of the project teams Rotary clubs, and all of our friends and colleagues! Each stop that all of the team members went they distributed school supplies, personal hygiene products, games, toys, underwear, toothbrushes, toothpaste, clothing and of course our flip flops! Here are come of the supplies distributed...
We evenly divided the goodies into bags and was able to distribute them, to a dozen different bateys! Below, the girls field hockey team donated two dozen shirts to a girls soccer team. Below is our friend and Rotarian Martha Victoria, who will be making sure all of the shirts are distributed! Pictures to follow.
Manuel was one of the men that assisted our team when we were on the construction project. Not only does he work at the hospital, but he also lives on Batey 20 and is trying to make a better life for him and his family. He was previously a sugar cane worker and took the time to learn to read and write after he was done with work. He like Jonathan had the opportunity and chance to work at the hospital as a water promoter and the was moved up to the construction team. He still lives on the Batey even though he is no longer a sugar cane worker. He is supporting his wife, and three children who live with him on the Batey. His story touched us all. He is now starting to learn English, and was practicing with us while working and going back and forth to the bateys. Since he was in need of a little extra assistance we filled the two bags with supplies for Manuel and his family and as you can see he was ecstatic! He just kept going through the bag and smiling, and told us what a wonderful gift this was!
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