September 13
By Terrylynn Figueroa
It is the first week in Turbaco, Colombia for us new interns. We are just getting to know Semillas de Amor, but we are ecstatic about this opportunity. Our project this week centered around Saint Valentine, as Colombia celebrates Valentine's day in September. Uris, the wonderful program leader, found a great project to celebrate Saint Valentine with the kids. We helped them make cute cut-out pigs from recycled plastic bottles. They cut out the center, painted the inside, and added ears, a nose, a curly tail and eyes. They all turned out very unique and really showed the different personalities of the children. After everything dried, they filled the pigs with gravel or dirt and stuck in cute little paper flowers. The children really enjoyed every minute of the project and couldn't wait to get to the next step. Each day they would bring back their water bottle and patiently await their turn with the paint brush or glue bottle. The idea was for the children to give them as a gift to their mothers and I know they have already brightened so many faces across Turbaco!
