This afternoon I had another planning meeting with a teacher from the local high school in my site of Cartavio. The only public high school in the community, IE Cartavio has around 700 students so needless to say there is plenty of work to be done. This teacher and I are currently working together on a few projects that should start next week and the first of April including a Red Cross student group (Cruz Roja Peruana here), a district wide student peer-to-peer health promoter group, and a mentoring group for freshman boys with behavioral problems. After wrapping up a few hours of planning and logistics, she asked me about what it is like to live here, in Cartavio, far away from my home.
After our chat, she simply looked at me and said, "Thank you." I must have looked surprised by her simple but powerful statement as she then continued and told me she knows it must be hard to be far away but how thankful she is that I came and am working in her community.
I left the school with a full heart today and look forward to continuing helping such a motivated teacher bring positive opportunities to her students and community.
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