following a delightful weekend with my recently arrived querida, i had an early morning trip to the outer periphery of the city to begin another work task i had volunteered for months ago. the photography project, another look, is being conducted by one member of each summer program from the new school. as the buenos aires coordinator, i spent the past month talking with knowledgable locals about finding disadvantaged children so that i could give them a 'voice' through photography. today we had our introduction.
i am glad that it took so long to arrange this introduction. through fadu faculty members ileana and marina, i found a school early on that would be available for the project. however, the school wanted an official proposal and information about just who i was, including my passport number. it often appears as though the rights of the poorest children are the first to go in too many developing countries. i was comforted to see that at least one school took precautions.
entonces, i met ileana for an hour-long ride out to the conurbano, specifically an area to the west called matanza (which has a population equal to the 3 million that reside in buenos aires proper). hector, also a faduista, met us there to introduce us to the teacher, who happened to be his sister. we all stood around a laptop showing the four children a web album of pictures that hector had assembled from his childhood. the chicos were enthusiastically supportive when we told them that we would bring them cameras next week to create their own memories. the maestra assured us that the ten absent students would be similarly excited next monday, as well as present.
post script: aprende castellano
a polite way to accept a cherry, if offered:
¿una cereza? ¡certeza!
No comments:
Post a Comment