So a lot has changed here in the last week, so I thought id let you all know. The school year ended two weeks early, on the 15th, because the Casa just couldnt continue to support the over 100 resident kids that are usually here during the school year. Now we are left with only 40, and most of them have no where else to go but stay here. this usually happens and is kind of a "summer "break" and they all come back in January. However, the possibility that we can afford to bring them all back is slim, and many I believe are already searching for other schools, or planning to stay at their homes next year. This results in a very sad casa Guatemala, because instead of 100s of kids running around going to school and doing activities etc. we only have 40, and we as volunteers have found ourselves quite bored and melancholy at the moment. a few volunteers left all in one week, for various reasons, but this biggest exit was last week, when the volunteer coordinator left for Guatemala City, and we were left without a coordinator. Not for long though, because the director of the school and the head of Casa Guatemala came to me and asked me to be Volunteer coordinator! besides two other people, Ive been here the longest, but I have way better spanish than them, and I guess they thought I worked well with everyone and I would be good for the position. anyway, because of this I will be staying here at least through November. Im excited about this "promotion" because itll give me a chance to get some good experience and also I have a lot more to do to keep myself busy. On the other hand, im nervous about being responsible for bringing people into an orphanage that seems so pathetic right now, and im afraid of not having the ability to make this place a little bit better. Im gonna do my best, but at this point its a little depressing here, and the new volunteers are going to notice that right away. One of the Volunteers is organizing a big fundraiser with his friends back in England, and I hope to help him in that venture. maybe we can raise enough to get all the kids back in January. Anyway, thats what im doing. Ill try to upload more photos soon.
Hasta luego,
Alex
