Spent the morning scraping plaster from ceiling beams in readiness to paint the new kitchen built by the previous volunteers for the school. Totally exhausted, we both still have altitude sickness. Ray spent the morning in the garden where they grow vegetables which are used to supplement the lunches for the children, sometimes the only meal they may get for the day. They have made him head of the gardening team, who else.
This afternoon Ray was on lesson plans and I was on community activity.
Lisa, Jackie and I were invited to a lunch for the mothers of the village for a Mothers Day celebration.
The community Social Worker and Lauren from Perus Challenge put on a lunch at a local restaurant and gave all the mothers a gift of a rug. It was a very special occasion and we were honoured to be asked to attend and to hand out the gifts on behalf of Perus Challenge. We were thanked and kissed by everyone of the sixty or so mothers present.
It was amazing, the whole afternoon was spent working out who was there and where they were going to sit. Nothing happens quickly, but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and were very grateful.
Many of the mothers arrived with their babies wrapped in colourful blankets and carried on their backs.
I was intrigued to see how they just twisted the blanket slightly to be able to feed the baby.
Many of the women wore these unusual hats which I have yet to find out about their significance.
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