18 June As the group began to recover from jet lag, we visited Hidden Valley School - for special needs students - in one of the local compounds (ghetto). We were there to deliver books and school supplies as well as to interact with the youth. Upon meeting with Sister Maura, we quickly began work on the buiding. We filled cracks in walls, tore down walls, removed a bathtub from a concrete block, took out a door frame, painted inside and out, and built stairs and wheelchair ramps, all with only one shovel, two pieces of piping, an old broken wooden trowel, and sacks to carry our debris. On rest breaks, we interacted with the children and jumped on the mini-trampoline (exercise room size). Overall, a long, dirty, and dusty day that we wouldn´t have traded
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