Paraguay Multi-Purpose Project - August 8-18, 2013
For people living in rural Paraguay, life is hard. Sometimes, so little money can be made from farming that they uproot their families and move to the capitol city, Asunción, in hopes of finding work. Often, what they find is unfamiliar faces, more hardship, little work, and tension-filled streets.
We have been working with the local church to demonstrate the love of God through providing food to over 350 nutrition stations, providing daily hot meals for those in need in varying barrios throughout Asuncion. We have also recently begun to work with Diaconia, a micro-finance enterprise who is providing loans to women in need, many of those who are mothers of children being fed through the nutrition stations.
This August, a team will be travelling to Paraguay to serve alongside the ongoing work of the nutrition stations. The team will be involved in some or all of the following activities:
- serving meals to impoverished families alongside the nutrition station teams
- training the children in the basics of hygiene and sanitation
- conducting sports activities and games for the children at the nutrition stations
- a needed construction project at one nutrition station (could be concrete work or painting)
- participating in community outreach programs, in partnership with DRIME Paraguay
- teaching basic budgeting and finance principles to Diaconia lending groups
The team will also have the unique opportunity to spend time distributing wheelchairs to those in desperate need of mobility. Often, family members will carry their siblings or children because of the lack of a wheelchair. Older children and adults may be trapped inside their home, unable to leave the proximity because they cannot move. Through the provision of a wheelchair, mobility and freedom is given to those in desperate need of it.
Come and join us in Paraguay!
Trip Details:
Date: August 8-18, 2013
Location: Asuncion, Paraguay
Team: open to anyone
Cost: $3,250
Application deadline: June 21, 2013
Purpose: to serve alongside existing partners and programs in Asuncion
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