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Category: volunteering
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Volunteering - Last day at Saciar, and How it Begun
About nine years ago a man died. During his funeral, many people unknown to the grieving family of the deceased began arriving to offer their condolences. When asked how they knew the deceased, they all told similar stories of how this man had helped them overcome adversity by providing their…
Monday, April 14, 2008
Volunteering – Saciar #3
Today I went to a suburb called Paris, located near Maruchenga but higher up on the hill. Around here, the higher up you go, the more accentuated the poverty seems to be (as far as I’ve seen it’s usually the other way around…). Like the other places I visited, the…
Friday, April 11, 2008
Volunteering - Casa de la Chinca
La Casa de la Chinca is a non-profit organisation founded in 1961 with the aim of protecting girls and who have been abandoned by their families or whose life may be in danger. All the girls admitted to “La Chinca” are referred to by Read more...
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Volunteering - Saciar #2
Because Brechtje has her Spanish course, I will be by myself to do the volunteering work at Saciar for the next 2 weeks.
Today day I went to a suburb called Vallejuelos. Here, Saciar helps 155 children and 20 elderly people.
Vallejuelos is situated on the…
Volunteering - Saciar #1
This morning, after a ferocious cab ride and a couple of stops on the (very clean and modern!) metro, we arrived at Fundacion Saciar, where we met up with Beatriz Vega. She works there as a psychologist. Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday morning from 8:15 to about 13:00 we will…
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Volunteering - Organisacion Saciar
Today we met with Beatriz from “Saciar”, a local food bank which distributes all donations it receives from industries in and around Medellin to other local organizations, which in turn distribute it to really poor families.
Saciar also runs a soup kitchen program where they offer breakfast and…