Author: Louise L
Location: La Carpio
After weeks of hard work on the playground, today was the day that we got to reveal our creation to the kindergarteners of La Carpio. With faces full of excitement and anticipation, the little boys and girls filed into the back lot where the playground awaited them. Us life-workers got assigned the task of acting out what not to do on the playground. The five rules were no garbage, no pushing, no defacing the walls or equipment, no eating, and a single file line when entering the playground. After the revealing ceremony, the kids were given watermelon, as well as Popsicle stick "keys" sating "su playground de esparanza" meaning "your playground of hope" to commemorate the event.
That afternoon, we went back to Anna's ranch and were given the option to stay and enjoy some free time at the ranch, or to go back to our homestays. Everyone besides Hilary, Deborah, Richard and some of the boys went back to their homestays to relax. We found out later that we missed out on an intense game of sardines that they all played in the pouring rain!
After a few hours of some much needed relaxation, everyone and their homestay families gathered at Anna's ranch for a potluck fiesta. The night was filled with tons of good food, music, and dancing. From the games of musical chairs, to being graced by the voices of other life-workers singing karaoke, the night was a hit; all the while, Cascade was blinged out in a gangster shirt and cornrows. The love and compassion expressed and symbolized by the life-workes and the families that night are what lifeworks and the humanitarian foundation are all about.
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