Day 6 - La Romana - (2/7/14)

Today was the last day of work here in La Romana...  The day started with our team going to Mercedes Laura Aguiar School to donate Spanish English dictionaries to the school library and one of the 5th grade classes.  First we met with the school administrator who was so pleased to received this donation!  We went to see the library, and for a school of 2600 plus students, it had 4 book cases on one wall - that's it!  This donation truly meant a great deal to this school!  The best part for us was when we went into the 5th grade class and told them about the dictionaries, all the students started clapping and cheering!!!!  It was amazing how something as simple as a dictionary truly can change the lives and make so many so happy!!

After we left the school we went back to Batey 106 to assist with the latrine building.  We built up the walls of the latrine and did a great deal of heavy lifting and mixing of cement!  We also took a trip out to the sugar cane field on the batey and saw the workers chopping and moving the sugar cane.  Very interesting!  This batey was actually having two latrines built simultaneously as well as a new hand washing station!  A great deal of progress taking place today!

 

 

When we were finished with Batey 106 for the day we went back to Batey 105 to see the completed hand washing station outside the latrine that we built!  It was beautiful!!!! The feeling of completion was just so rewarding!  When we started the week, this batey had an incomplete latrine, when we left they had a fully functional latrine with 4 porcelain toilets and a working wash basin to wash their hands!!!!  What a gift the Rotary was able to give the people of this batey!!!!