From Aaron, an intern at Semillas de Amor:
On the morning of July 5th we met Uris, Damaris and Andrea (the three women behind Semillas de Amor) at the food bank in Cartagena to see what happens behind the scenes, and help load the food into a dilapidated truck they hire to take it all back to Turbaco.
The food bank is a charitable organization that sells food at mass retail prices, which allows Semillas de Amor to get enough food for all of its 100+ kids despite a limited budget.
We helped load crates and bags full of fruits, vegetables, bread, fish and chicken; the food for a single week with the kids weighs over 100 lbs, which these three women buy, transport, and prepare with no pay, and essentially no help.
It was a ton of work even with Leslie and I around to offer extra help, and although they have their own families and homes to manage, these three rockstar women go through this routine every week, all for the sake of the kids in Semillas de Amor.
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