Hey Everyone,
I´m getting my sister to post on my blog because I don´t understand how to post because everything is in Spanish! So we arrived in Quito last night, after two very long flights. We had a really busy day today and it was great. We don´t start work til tomorrow.
Every morning we volunteer at different sites, and we visited a few of them today. The first we went to was a medical center where we will be observing surgeries and helping in a rehabilitation center. The second site we went to is a center for kids with Down´s syndrome. It helps them work on communication from the age of two months to five years old in the hope that they will be able to attend regular schools. We willl also be volunteering in an ER.
All in all we raised about 3500 US and we´re very excited about that. So thank you to everyone that contriibuted to our fundraising efforts. In the afternoon we will be working on our project, for which we were raising money. Our project is with a rehabilation center that works with people who have lost limbs. Many of the patients are taught skills, such as painting, in the hope that they will be able to support themselves. People come from all over South America to receive help from this center.
We are going to be fixing up a building, so that it can be converted to a shop, to help them fundraise. Tomorrow I´m observing a few surgeries in the morning and then we´re all meeing up at our project in the afternoon.
I will post again as soon as I can
3 comments:
Hey honey!
My day was golfing, writing another fisheries report and then a bon-fire with ryan while me and a couple guys tore up his floor.
Again, jealous, jealous, jealous.......can i come down, I can afford it, I'll be on the next plane????
And YES, pink dolphins do EXIST!!
Hi Ruth,
How nice to hear that you've arrived safely! Sounds like there'll be no shortage of work for you, but the rewards will be great! How is the humidity level? It must be difficult to work in high humidity and unfamiliar temperatures (especially given our past weather!)? Thanks for setting up the blog site, it's great to hear how you're doing!
Adios,
Laurel (LOLO)
Hi Ruth,
Greg is correct about the pink dolphins. I didn't know about them, but here's some interesting facts.....
Habitat
River dolphins inhabit the drainage areas of the largest rivers in the world, mainly in developing countries. The pink river dolphin is widely distributed in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Currently, two species are recognised, Inia boliviensis in Bolivia and Inia geoffrensis, which contains two subspecies: I. geoffrensis geoffrensis in the Amazon and I. geoffrensis humboldtiana in the Orinoco.
Inia geoffrensis inhabits the Orinoco and Amazon river basins. The species is found in fast flowing lowland rivers, in both whitewater or turbid rivers originating in the Andes with high sediment content as well as clear water or blackwater rivers of Amazon origin. In the Orinoco basin, these dolphins are often found at confluences of different river types, in zones of mixed waters.
I guess we've learned something today!
Your mission, to find and take a picture of a pink dolphin!!
Good Luck!
Love,
Laurel
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