Let
the construction begin!
Day 6 of volunteering led us back to Jardín Travesuras
for an intense day of work. We were joined by several other volunteers from the
Voluntario Global house to build a fence and a brick garden in which delicious
and healthy fruits and veggies will be grown.
We learned
how to mix cement (which is much harder than it seems), we also learned the
delicate and complex art of bricklaying, and how to build a fence from scratch.
Agustín, the construction worker on site, was very patient and excited to teach
us his ways. All these tasks were daunting and took time to get used to, but
after a while we all felt like professional handywomen.
The little
children would often leave their classrooms to look at the progress we were
making and were astonished at how different their patio looked! They would run
over to us, hold our hands, and ask us where the beautiful fence that suddenly
appeared came from.
Once the
fence was in place, it was time to paint. Lorena jokingly said that she wanted
the fence to be red and white because those were the colors of the River Plate
team, which she is a huge fan of. After much deliberation, and quite a few
painting mistakes, we ended up choosing red and purple as the paint colors.
Once we finished, we could see how the fence added a burst of color to the
patio, and to the neighborhood in general. Everyone was
excited about the new additions to the patio, and we headed back to Milhouse
tired and ready for bed.
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