I have more time now so will start updating more often. We are presently in Arequipa, and have started working in our projects. There were small issues at the start with them placing us not in a project working with disadvantaged children, but instead doing cleaning and DIY!!!!!!! (me doing DIY!!!!!), the project is called Hogar de Nino Jesus, and in the first day Ben and I put windows in the play room, fixed wires onto the wall and cleaned the entire room which was about 2cm deep in dust!!! I have never felt so dirty in my life! As this was not the project we had signed up for, we spoke to the wonderful Lilia who we live with and she has reorganised our projects; now we work 2-3 hours at the Hogar, 2-3 hours in a girls school (giggling girls who seem to LOVE Harry Potter!!!) teaching English, and 1 hour in Laura's project which is a refuge for abused children. This has worked out a lot better for us overall.
Arequipa is lovely; old buildings and massive rivers with massive mountains in the Andes!! There are parades almost daily and a sense of Peruvian pride in such a beautiful city;
In the Hogar, we met a young boy called Juan, he is a street kid who was found three months ago. He is just 4 years old and has been beat by his alcoholic father who blinded him in his left eye. Because of his traumas he has been left with limited education i.e his only word is ´me´, he is very astute but when introduced to toys such as lorrys and blocks he returned to being a normal kid;
We plan this weeked to go to Lake Titicaca so this blog will not be updated until next week, take care =D
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