This week I had the privilege of accompanying five UWCCR students and a teacher to a service activity in San Jose. The activity was at a house called Semillitas de Amor: Seedlings of Love. It is part of the organization: Confraternidad Carcelaria de Costa Rica, an international organization that was founded in the USA in 1976 by Charles Colson after his release from prison. Continue reading
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Semillitas de Amor: Seedlings of Love
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UWCCR students dazzle with scientific magic!
Today there was plenty of action to be seen and heard at the Escuela República de Francia in Pozos, Santa Ana. Popping of corks shooting across the yard to loud exuberant cheers, a volcanos of hot foam, eggs magically dropping into narrow necked beakers and more. Was this a magic show? Well yes and no. This was no ordinary magic show! Continue reading
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Las Palmas: Shanty Town
Las Palmas is a shanty town on the outskirts of Lima that is a stark reminder of the harsh reality of Peru’s extremities of socio-economic disparity. The community has over 300 families but does not have a water or electricity supply. Water is bought in on trucks, and electricity wired in from neighbouring communities, resulting in the actual cost of water and electricity being much higher than in wealthy areas such as Miraflores. Continue reading
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