There's exciting stuff going on in my province of Cocle! Awesome people doing great work with some fantastic communities!
Cocle represent!
Sergio is looking for funding to get funding for the remaining equipment needed for a water system for the main sector of his town. Its elevation is above the highest spring in the area so people haul water out of their Jack and Jill style well and carry it to their houses, the school, and the community building. His community members have hearts of gold! It's one of my favorite communities that I've been to because the people are so amazingly friendly, welcoming, and shockingly organized and ready to work!
This is the road to Sergio's site. This is how people get anything and everything that doesn't grow in the jungle. It's exhausting to think about!
Sonia found out in November, as did I and many other volunteers, that our 2 teenage leaders from our communities were not accepted to attend one of the two yearly youth leadership put on by the Gender and Development commission made up of volunteers. It's an amazing camp so I'm glad to see that there was so much interest. I had a girl attend last year. When I heard the news I said "That sucks. That reeeeeeally sucks." Sonia said, "That just won't do. All of these kids WILL be attending a leadership camp. This country needs leaders in all corners." She's an absolute rockstar. She's been running around soliciting help, finding donations, securing venues, training counselors, etc... The camp will be held at the end of May in Cocle!
To read more or donate to Sergio's aqueduct project, go to the following link:
https://donate.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=donate.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=13-525-017
To read more or donate to Sonia's youth leadership camp (in the name of our home girl Chelsea Mackin), go to:
https://donate.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=donate.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=13-525-015
That mud Looks like so much fun to walk through.
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