 The Gilmour Academy alumni, parents and teachers from the Cleveland, Ohio area. |
In August, Pat and
Carrie met up with an alumni group from Carrie's high school,
Gilmour Academy, in Honduras. Twice a year a group from Gilmour visits and
performs volunteer work at the Nuevo Paraiso Project which
is a part of the Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos. Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos provides many services for the needy including an orphanage, housing, schools, clinic, home for children with AIDS, and a couple of small businesses. It was a very impressive community built with donations and volunteer efforts. Background Photo: Bricks stacked to dry at the Nuevo Paraiso brick factory. |
On
our way from Tegucigalpa, the tongue-twisting capital of Honduras, to Nuevo Paraiso we
visited the orphanage built and run by Sociedad Amigos de los Ninos.
Many of the alumni were making their 3rd or 4th visit and were
immediately swarmed by the kids that recognized them.Considering the tough start to these kids' lives, they were full of energy and quick with a smile -- especially at ice cream time!
It wasn't all fun and playing with the kids, the group pitched in with some of the back-breaking physical labor. One effort focused on clearing debris from around a house and pouring a sidewalk.
Below Left: Preparing a batch of cement. No cement mixer here.
Below Right: Pouring the cement for a sidewalk. Hot, sweaty work!
