After we had lunch with the children from the village, we broke
up into groups to perform community service tasks such as: fixing and painting
the goal posts, building furniture, and rebuilding a swing set and a jungle
gym. To fix the goal posts, they first
had to be sanded and then painted. Inside one of the buildings another group
worked on rebuilding furniture, like cupboards. In order to accomplish this
task the students had to saw planks of wood to the proper length and then nail
then to the back of the old cupboard.
To rebuild the swing set, the original posts had to be removed
and new holes had to be made for where the posts were going to be placed. While
the girls dug the holes, the boys worked with the local men to measure and cut
new posts for the jungle gym and swing set.
Once the holes were
completed, and the posts were cut, the boys worked with the locals of the village
to place the posts in the holes. After the structures for the jungle gym and
swing set were completed, rope was added to the jungle gym, to create places
for the children to climb on, and to the swing set, to make seats. Within
minutes of the end of construction of the jungle gym and swing set, the
children were on them playing and having fun. While this was happening, snacks from
from the states like gum and trail mix bars were passed out to the children,
who enjoyed them very much.
With work done, some of us spent time playing a game of soccer
against the locals, while other ate oranges that were given to them by one of
the village women. As our time in the
village came to a close, we took some group photos to remember all of the fun
and memorable moments that we had during the day, before boarding the boats to
go back to the lodge.
Before dinner members of the local indigenous tribe came to reach us about their culture. The men came dressed in their traditional clothes and played instruments such as the guitar and violin as the women danced for us, and even got some of us to dance with them. They also brought traditional foods for us to try such as fried larvae which was universally praised by the 12 students who ate them as well as fresh mushrooms and different types of fish. Leo was going to eat the live larvae but Ms Maggio said no! The tribesmen also brought cacao for us to try. The kids sipped a version made today which had not yet fermented. When the indigenous presentation was over we had some dinner and of course played some cards before we headed to bed.
OH and we found a large spider by the lodge that a local guide caught and Michele let it walk up her arm!
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