The motto of Mi Arca and the words I have on my street team T-shirt! The charity works with street children in the city of Guatemala and their families if they have them.
This week I am volunteering with them, going out on the streets and seeing projects they are partnered with.
On Monday, Duncan and I went to 'La Terminal' to meet many people that live and work there, and then to the local rubbish dump where we met mothers and grandmothers, of the children who work there and go to school, and who spend the day working there themselves.
Yesterday I then returned with the designated street team Walter, Sandy and Frank to spend time with the same piople. We then also sent to see a group who have chosen to live in the centre divide of a street and don't want to leave. There the charity just work on building friendships with them and provide them with basic health care if needed.
Our last visit yesterday was to a street where 12-15 young people sleep and live. However when we arrived there were only 4 guys, as it turned out that the police had visited that morning or night before and arrested a few of the boys for selling drugs and solvents. This was hard to see as they have formed a street family, and those still there were clearly distressed by the happenings.
Tomorrow I return to the streets with the same team :)
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