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Habitat para la Humanidad
Huite Colony,
Zacapa, Guatemala
March 2009
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Guatemala is a country in Central America.
It is a beautiful country.
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Lots of different fruits and vegetables grow in the warm climate…
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and the cacti grow as tall as trees.
some really cool buses…
there are mountains and lakes…
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Most of the people there are Catholic, like us…
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But they are very poor,
and they don’t have a lot of the things that we take for granted…
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like running water for washing clothes or dishes…
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or a nice soccer field to play on…
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or a strong home to protect them.
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A lot of their homes are made of dirt mixed with straw, and then hardened in the sun…
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but there are lots of earthquakes in Guatemala…
and sometimes the houses collapse or the walls start to crack.
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The children go to school like you…
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but their schools are not as well-equipped as ours…
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and a lot of them don’t have money for uniforms.
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Compared to them, we have so much.
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So Habitat for Humanity decided to help the people, and build stronger houses for them.
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We decided to help,
so we went to Guatemala too.
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We made new friends…
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and met some old ones from last year…
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We got to meet some of the children…
- these are some of the children who received all the socks you collected -
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Then we headed to our site to meet the family we would be
helping to build their home.
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When we got there, the foundations were already laid…
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So we gathered our tools, and set off to work.
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The work was tough and it was very hot …
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but some helpers came around to spray us with cold water…
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and we got a lunch-break, and some time to rest.
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At the end of each day we could see how much progress we’d made.
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We worked hard…
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and had some fun too!
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The walls got higher…
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We made more friends…
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And soon we were ready to start putting on the roof!
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Our family was very happy with their new home…
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they gave us each a friendship bracelet to remember them by…
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And we promised to come back next year!
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to be continued…
March 6-13, 2010