Distributing School Supplies

Matt and I had so much fun buying school supplies with money that was donated with that purpose and others had fun distributing them.  Matt's folks and a small group from Indiana were here the last week of February.  Many of the bags were distributed that week to the children in the feeding center above Ojojona.

Uniforms are required by the government for children to be able to attend school.  In some very poor areas where most of the children would not be able to afford uniforms this restriction may be dropped.  The children that are fed in the feeding center above Ojojona could be described as that poor.  As they waited for their bag of school supplies, they were excited, yet well-behaved.  And some may not have had even a pencil with which to write.  To these children, this was a much appreciated and much needed gift.

Some bags were given out in the village of El Magote.  Again, it was a much needed gift.  The last fifty bags have not been distributed, but will soon be handed out in Nueva Arcadia.

Again, my thanks goes to those who donated for these school supplies.  We cannot even imagine a child not being to afford a pencil.

Terri