When I got to Paraguay, I thought that I had an idea of what to expect. I thought that people would be poor, but not at like this. I discovered a new side of poverty. Last Friday was Health Day at a local school. At first, I didn’t really want to go because I heard people had lice, and I wasn’t interested in getting lice. At the school, the older students played with and attend to the younger kids until snack time. During snack time, everyone got in line and one by one, they started washing their hands. We gave each child a bag of soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and other toiletries. All had huge smiles on their faces. They knew that they had someone that really cared. What impacted me the most is that these kids walked the streets with not shoes and dirty clothes, going from car to car asking for money. I left both sad and terrified about their everyday lives.
-Perla