The foundation Semillas de Amor was founded by Uris Segovia and her husband Osvaldo, who work with a handful of other local volunteers to provide food and a productive after school program for needy children living near Turbaco, Colombia. They provide a balanced, home cooked meal for sometimes more than fifty local kids who, in some cases, won't eat another real meal in a day. After trying to manage all of the food, activities and kids in a small, inadequate facility, they were able to get a small plot of land right next to the local elementary school.
It was overgrown with thick, tropical foliage and strewn with garbage, but armed with machetes, rakes, and all the local help we could get we began clearing it out to make way for Semillas de Amor.
After a long afternoon of cutting, cleaning, digging, and building, what had been a literal jungle hours before was replaced by a clean, open space where the kids could come to eat, do their schoolwork, and play.. The shelter constructed at the site provides shade from the sun and protection from tropical rain, and while it's sturdy and hugely superior to the previous situations, it's only a first step towards having a better structure with food preparation facilities (the women currently have to cook at home then transport the food 15-20 minutes in large containers which they then have to carry home afterwards.)
Check back tomorrow to learn more about they help the children that come to this center!
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