Semillas de Amor: Continued construction

The following is a post from Jena, who was a volunteer at Semillas de Amor:

 

August 5

We have been working hard this week on finishing the main room in the foundation. With a lot of help from our Colombian friends, we have the roof installed as well as plaster on the walls in preparation to paint a mural this week! The kids in the foundation are so excited to have the room to eat and play in. Some of the kids from the foundation even came after school to help us cement the walls. 

In between construction, we have also been working on making a banner with the kids for to hang in the building. I am excited to have the room finished so the kids can finally meet in a building instead of on the street like we have been. What a blessing it is to have all this help from our Colombian friends, we couldn´t have done it without them! 

We are looking forward to painting the mural with our friend Mikell from Mondo art this week! There is a lot of wall space, so it will definitely be a big project, but the kids are going to have hand in it as well, which will be sweet.

Semillas de Amor: Raising the roof

The following is a post from Jena, a new intern at Semillas de Amor: 

Here it is, the long awaited moment... today we RAISED THE ROOF!!! This morning, Mary and I worked along side four strong Colombian hombres (Uris, the founder of Semillas de Amor brothers and father) to assemble the roof of the building. We were amazed and a little surpised by the construction techniques of these Colombians, but we all worked hard and now we finally have a room finished. I am especially excited that its finished because that means we can work on the mural inside the room! Good work and thanks to everyone who donated and helped with construction!


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