Today was our first day of working. But here it is not just work, but it is a cultural learning experience. Learning about the culture here and why things work as they do. Starting out hearing about the local issues and how the government interacts make it all seem so surreal at times. The people here really use every resource as if it was not going to be useable tomorrow. Nothing goes to waste.
Community links also has a partnership with a school for the blind. Just being able to see how things work and to be able to hear from on who is blind really made me think about is sight really all we think it is. I'd pick the ability to hear anyday over being able to see.
Our first real project was to clear an old corn field to prepare the land to be tilled. We stacked all the chopped stalks and placed them into a pile to be moved and used for food for local cows. Nothing goes to waste. Well I am off to bed. No posts tomorrow as we will be staying with residents throughout the community.
Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7
No comments:
Post a Comment