Ángel Del Barrio (pa’ servirle a usted)

Last night marked the end of a six-week volunteer stint with a program called “Community Walls”. This program is run by Hostelling International and is one of their “Opening Doors, Opening Minds” programs. This certain session was run in collaboration with “PODER” at the United Methodist Church in Cornelius. The six-week session focused on what the terms “community” and “culture” meant to the students, who ranged from elementary school to high school. The culmination of the program was a mural created by the students on what they think of when they hear those words.

I joined this program on a whim, but came away very happy that I had contributed. There are very bright futures ahead of these kids, and I can only hope that some of them got as much out of the program as I did. Below are a couple pictures.

mp3: Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio – El Cocodrilo

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