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Week 2 Part 1

Happy Fourth of July!

The food bank this week has been pretty uneventful until today. On Monday we worked with the collaborators and sorted bread, beans, and sugar. On Tuesday we worked on going through the deliveries from the stores. This included many gross things including busted containers of bleach and rotten juice. But, it was cool to talk to different people and learn more about how the food bank works here. Today however, we talked with one of the supervisors named Miguel. He explained that when the new food bank opens in around a month, they want to provide classes for those who are receiving the food. He wants the classes to be about health topics and is really open to ideas. He wants us to plan and provide the material for these classes! So, over the next couple of weeks we will be planning and thinking about topics that will be helpful to the people in Merida. We plan on creating powerpoints and other materials to help. Miguel says that these classes will be a requirement in order for people to receive their food. In addition to planning the classes, Miguel wants us to have individual projects working with specific supervisors. We have many ideas but I am not sure how this will work out, considering I am not that great at Spanish and it will be kind of hard to communicate. We will see how the next couple of days go. We are going to have a meeting with the supervisors on Friday to discuss our project ideas.

On Monday afternoon we went shopping in the city center. It was lots of fun - my favorite part was going to McDonalds and enjoying the A/C! On Tuesday afternoon we went to the beach at Progresso. It was so nice, it felt like we were on vacation. We all talked about how this internship includes so many highs and so many lows - from the steamy and sweaty bus rides to afternoons like yesterday that are so relaxing. I am excited to see what the next couple of weeks have in store for us!

Adios!







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