El Bichito: Meet Marco

Update from Abigail, an intern at El Bichito:

This week has been great at El Bichito!  The kids continue to love reading every day and learning new games and activities.  We’ve introduced them to quite a few new crafts this week.  The boys will usually start a craft and not finish it while the girls stick with theirs until the end.  There is one boy, Marco, who loves art and will try any type of new craft we introduce.

Marco isn’t a typical child here at El Bichito.  He’s actually 26 years old and suffers from Polio.  To get here he has to walk down the hill 20 minutes and his walk back home is all uphill.  This is not easy for him as his legs don’t function properly and he has to use a crutch.  While many of the boys enjoy running around and doing active games, Marco stays sitting at the table for the majority of his time here.  He LOVES painting and drawing and last week we gave him his own art set.  In return, he wrote us a very sweet note and made each of us a bead bracelet.  He’s not very talkative unless you start talking to him first.  He also enjoys reading books every day although his reading level is still at an elementary school level.  Marco aspires to be a pastor at a church someday.  He is actively involved in his church here in Puylucana.  He also looks forward to learning how to use a computer.


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