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Hi All, Firstly apologies for the delay in updates, we have been busy on our projets. We are doing 2 each, one every morning and one every afteroon. In the mornings John works at a clinic for disabled children. They love him as he plays ball with them and pulls silly faces and dances around to amuse them, they laugh a lot when he is there. I am working in a "safehouse" for abused teeage girls. I am trying to teach them some english but as some are illiterate it is mostly through games, songs and craft activities. Plus as my spaish is not great it can take a while to explain / teach anything but they are lovely girls and so far i am enjoying it.
In the afternoons John and I both work together at a afterschool club in a very remote, poor village outside of cusco. We are really enoying it. We do activites with different age groups everyday and Friday is games and sports day which is fun. There are a few other volunteers there too which is nice from a social point of view. The male volunteers including John have been put to use, digging and building new extensions and also a foot ball pitch to go with the volleyball court we set up last week. The kids are always dirty and mucky but they always smile and love havig volunteers there, they run to greet us and always want to show us stuff and play games and of course be lifted up high by John - who is abormally tall here in Peru, in fact even i feel tall in peru!!!
So apart from our days being filled with working most evenings we have been out and about sampling more bars and restaurats and have been to a couple of the clubs at the weekends which are fun, lots of cheesy music as well as peru pop! Because of the other volunteers here and our connections with the English restaurant in cusco we have met quite a few people so there are always people to go out with which is nice - of all nationalities too.
Things are starting to get christmasy here, lights are going up around the town and the bars ad clubs are all decorated, its cool. It does feel a bit surreal though, not like it should be christmas at all. Bur i am sure we will get more into the mood soon.
Anyway, best rush off now to our afternoon placement we are making christmas baubles and stars today.
Lots of love to you all xxxxx
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