Day 6 - Painting the Shalom School!

Before I start: here is a link to a picture album that Jessica K. made for us:

http://picasaweb.google.com/jessica.l.keener/JessicaSGuatemalaPicturesThroughWednesday#


We spent the day, like Jessica said, painting the library at the Shalom Foundation's school. It is a kindergarten through what we would call 12th grade. The last three years are called 'diversificacion', or diversify. After 9th grade, the students choose a trade that they will specialize in. For example, some trades are to learn can be a graphic designer, becoming a secretary, a teacher, etc. Some students are sponsored by people who donate $35 a month for a student to receive a scholarship and be able to go to school (the Shalom School is a private school). If you want to sponsor a student, go to theshalomfoundation.org.













Below are pasted the before and after pictures for the library we worked on:



Before:

After:

Painting!

Today, we visited the Shalom Foundation's school. They were constructing a new library and we painted the walls and windows. It took us all day to finish, but it looks really good! We took a lunch break outside during which we played with some of the elementary school students. Jessica K., Katherine, and Rosie played "duck-duck-goose" with some 7-8 year olds and had a blast. We came back around 5:30 to eat dinner and relax. We are all exhausted, so we are going to get a good nights sleep before our last day working at the hospital!

-Jessica

Here is a picture of us painting!

Here we are talking with some of the students!

Here is Jim sweeping the floor after we finished painting!