Hope Haven Guatemala is an organization that gives away wheelchairs to children in need. We’ve been having a wonderful time getting to work with them! Every thursday and friday, about 15 children whom the government has selected come to the factory and get fitted for a wheelchair of their own. We have been helping assemble the chairs and hanging out with the kids while they wait for their chair to be complete.
This is the inside of the factory where the chairs get worked on.
This is the first chair that I got to help assemble. It is the first chair she’s ever had!
After the work is done, we have some fun with these wheels!
We have wheelchair races… make wheelchair trains…
… play wheelchair basketball. Go Carrie!
The teachers are on strike in the village of Xenacoj, where we live, so we spent a day teaching the kids about hygiene and Bible stories. It’s always a good sign when a kid asks “can we have school tomorrow too?”
We got to help lay concrete for the floor of this church. We had a mixing team, and I got to help spread and smooth.
You should check out Hope Haven’s website if you’re interested in more info on them! :
http://www.hopehaven.org/news/Guatemala_Shop_in_Action
