Today’s Blog Was Written by our Lideres del Día Max & Neha
After much preparation, we began the delivery of our community action project to a local school called CECAINI. This school is run by the incredible Eufemia Gil, who asked us to paint multiple murals and beautify the garden in order to inspire the children to focus on their education. The entire group cares deeply about this project, and we are grateful that we get to open our arms to these children. These children deserve so much, and we feel honored to use the power of education to improve their lives. Discovering, designing, and delivering our CAP project has a been a humbling experience for everyone.
We began the creation of four murals today, each with their own inspiring messages. The first mural was of the Dominican emblem which showcases national pride. The second mural consisted of a sunrise which symbolizes the opportunities which come with a good education. The third mural will show the children where the path of education can take them. The final mural depicted a landscape created by our volunteer painter, Ken. These murals will welcome the children as they enter the gates of school when they are back from summer vacation.
We also took on the task of beautifying the garden, which meant uprooting many plants, constructing a planter box, and ripping rocks from the ground. In order to build the planter box, we had to cut and sand wood. We also had to nail it together, which was much harder than it sounds; at one point, we tried to hammer a nail into a hard knot in the wood five times before trying a different spot (we finally figured out it was because the wood had a knot in it). In the garden, we were tasked with removing rocks, concrete, tires, and a broken street sign. This experience was a a challenging, yet fun one that we won’t forget.
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All in all, today was a very eventful day, where we were able to showcase our many talents and help the children of Constanza. We wouldn’t trade todays experience for the world and look forward to working on this amazing project for the next two days. See you soon!
Hi Neha
What a project to paint multiple murals and beautification of the garden in order to inspire the school kids education. Excellent work . You and Max put your today’s experience beautifully into words.
Loved your blog . Hardwork always pays off !!!
So proud of you.
Now that you know how to beautify the gardens , need your attention to our own backyard when you are back ( just kidding).
Keep up the great work . Xo ?
What a great project to do for the school. Your projects will a symbol of all of your efforts and will have a lasting impression on the community of Constanza.
It is great to see the teamwork and the progress being made on your project.
Awesome to see Nolan swinging a hammer and nailing the new planter boxes together. Hey how about you build some planter boxes back home???
Love you and see you in a couple of days!
DAD
Hey Michelle Terhell! Glad to see you’re having a great time in Constanza. I can’t wait for when I get to go. We miss you a lot back in cv! #MYASBPresident! Love u! -raina
Hey Carmen, it’s your best friend Lisette ?, I hope your having an amazing time right now, and I’m so excited that you’re coming home this week. Can’t wait to see you back here in San Jose!
Hi Allira,
Oh good, I’m glad you are experienced and now can work in our garden at home Hee Hee…. Really though, I’m so glad you all are there beautifying the school and garden. It is what kids need; all kids.
I’ve been posting on Facebook about the experience you all are having. It is such a great opportunity. So glad it is opened up to Westmont now. See you soon and reply back to my other comments so I know you got these.
Love,
Mom
Hi Brian –
The project sounds amazing. Great that you can all help the students. We are looking forward to having you back home this weekend. Hawke misses you too but he’s doing ok because he is still getting fed regularly.
Love you, Mom
Hi Carmen!! I hope you enjoyed working on your community action project!! It looks like a lot of fun. Anywho, I can’t wait for you to come back and hopefully you got my other comments from previous days. I LOVE YOU!!
Hi there Stacy!!!
I love you and miss you. I can’t wait to talk with you and hear all about your trip, and the people you met.
I am sure that it was quite an experience. Something that you will never forget. Take care of yourself.
I love you so much!!!
Hi Cami,
The CAP is coming along really nicely. It looks like you all have made some major progress. You should be proud of your work and working as a team to help others. We miss you a lot and are so looking forward to seeing you very soon Love, Dad, Mom and Pip and Sop and Ferdie