Candice Olsson- San Francisco

Hey everyone ! Today was a pretty laid back day. We started off the day by arriving to the schools at about 8 a.m. and interviewing teachers and students on ways that we could help them improve their school. As you all know a kindergartener died about two days ago so when we went to the school today there were fewer kids than there usually are. Molly and I taught the kindergarten their colors in english, and we also taught them body parts such as mouth, arm, eyes. They started to catch on after a while ! After school we broke up into three groups and we all visited some of the houses of the students. The first house that Molly, Eddy, and I visited was right up the street from the school. We spoke with the mother and asked her questions like, "What major improvements does the school need?" and "Does their child enjoy going to school". She really had no clue about any of the needs of the school, but she did know that her daughter absolutely loved going to school. The next house we visited was further up the road and we spoke with both the mother and the father. We asked them the same questions and they have ten children so they had a better idea of what the school needed. They said that they need clothes nd shoes because when it rains outside the clothes that are left to dry outside get all wet they no longer have clothes to wear to school, so they do not go to school after a big rain. The next house we visited was an elder woman that had sixteen children ! She said the exact same things about the necessity for clothes and shoes, and also for there to be a scholarship program for children to get an allowance to buy school supply because they have no money to support all sixteen children and buy the younger ones school supplies.
After we all visited the houses we met back up and compared responces from the different households. Everyone agreed that the children need clothes and shoes and a scholarship program because without the bear necessities the kids cannot focus during school. We drove back to the clinic and ate lunch and then someof us went on a hike to waterfalls. They were georgous from what I heard. The rest of the day we are baking cakes and desserts for the schools tomorrow because they are throwing us a good bye party and we would like to contribute so they dont feel the need to feed all of us. We will also be dividing up the supplies we brought down tonight so that each school can receive what they need from what we brought down. We have all been having a great time !
Hasta Luego!