This little girl was sitting on the dirt, behind a tree and just across the street from the school. I don't know if she sometimes goes to school or not. I approached her and offered her a Canada pin, she stood up, came forward and once she was wearing her new pin she was all smiles. These are wonderful fuzzy moments.
And this lady also got a Canada pin however when I started to pin it on her, some of her t-shirt fell off in my hand. It didn't seem to bother her though .
Sometime last week Pauline Jackson who is the Operations Manager of La Esperanza in Granada invited us to visit one of the schools where their volunteers are involved with help/supporting the local teachers; a knowledge of Spanish is required.
We had previously gone to see her about the possibility of doing a little volunteer help while here however not only do I not speak Spanish, we weren't going to be here long enough.
Take a look at their website and hopefully you'll find it in your heart to help support this very worthy cause. It's interesting to note that they motto is 'We believe in giving a hand up, not a handout'.
http://www.la-esperanza-granada.org/
This is a primary school with two school day sessions and all in all about 200 students attend this school each session. They're a funloving bunch of kids!
When you look at the surroundings outside of the school you can only wonder how they arrive at school so neat, clean and in a uniform too!
I've been challenged in trying to decide which photos to share with you so I'll try to share them all.
The above is typical of the neighbourhood around the school and it's only about a 7 minute drive from Central Granada
I have to learn how to improve making these pages ... everything seems to go everywhere but where I want it too.
And as we entered the classroom, this sweet little girl quickly came forward!
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