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Little Boy in School
in Anapia.


Megan with boy in Anapia.

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Megan and Kids on Puno
(the floating island).



The 5 of us with the class at Puno.


With the class in Anapia.


Girl in school in Anapia.

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School on the Floating Islands

We had an unexpected visit to a school house in Puno. It was literally its own little floating island. We did not expect to go there so we did not take any supplies that were much needed. Each student had one little note book, pencil and that was about it. No teacher supplies or anything extra for the kids. They did have a really nice computer for the student that was donated, but without electricity on the island it was still in a box.  One highlight was students signing songs in English to practice their English.  We left a donation but we were really bummed that we didn’t take any supplies.

School in Anapia

One of our primary plans going to Peru was to spend some time teaching English in Anapia.  Unfortunately, this did not turn out as expected.  We did get to spend time with the children and got to deliver all our school supplies, but not as much time as we would have liked.  None of these kids had ever seen an eraser for the end of a pencil.  When we passed them out we had to put them on the end of the pencil for them. But the highlight was the soccer ball.  There were no balls on the island that had enough air to even bounce. So a brand new Wilson ball right out of the box was more then some of these kids could even withstand. They were pacing up and down waiting for their teacher to take it out of the box for them to play with. One last minute buy before we left the States was for an air pump for the ball. We were so happy to have taken it because it was really needed for all the children.