Last Wednesday (June 30th), I joined the sports group. One of their objectives was to donate clothes and other items to the needy of Santa Ana. These clothes and various items come from the donations from Learn Serve volunteers.
While walking with the sports group, I noticed a drastic change between the Santa Ana and San José communities. The Santa Ana community lacks a sewage system and pools of water flood parts of the roads. Also, there are many stray animals and the people lack proper clothing and shoes. Many of them are literally live on the side walk and there are others who run a ¨shop¨ at corners of side-walks, selling anything from common items to food. I’ve paid great attention to the poor quality of infrastructure that is present in Santa Ana. There are many who live in shacks for homes.
The students from San José live privileged lives. The things that make up Santa Ana are not present in the communities of San José. Some of the students live in mansions and have maids and butlers while the Santa Ana students don’t have nearly as half of what the students from San José have. However, the San José students want to help their fellow citizens. The collaboration of these different classes is wonderful.
-Niacka