La Pedrera

I headed up to the volunteer project for the first time on Monday. It´s a pretty gook hike up to the one room school, but totally worth it for the view and the kids. The kids range from the ages of 7 to 15 with a few much younger siblings hanging around. The project provides daily tutoring and also provides sponsorship to pay for the kids´ education. From what I understand from my whole two days of experience, many of the kids would be working if they didn´t get the help to pay for school. Even though the kids are on a week break from school for Independence Day, the place was packed with kids anxious to practice math and English. The math practice has been awesome for reinforcing my numbers in Spanish. Talking with the kids has also been great for practicing my speaking skills in general, and they are super patient with me. They got a recent donation from a group in Santa Fe which is paying for a bathroom to be built near the school. It should be completed soon which means I´ll be able to drink water during the hike up without fear!