The neighborhood that we live in is a squatter community. This means that the people don’t own the land that they live on. They also build their homes out of whatever they can find. Most of the people who live here are in abject poverty. Thirty percent of their income goes to clean drinking water. Many of them have raw sewage running past their front doors, or through their homes. Education is a dream and abuse and sickness are a daily fact of life for these people. 
Last Sunday the World Race team put on a block party for the kids of the neighborhood. We set up games, face painting, balloon animals, drimes (drama / mime), a puppet show, and food. Then we waited and hoped for kids to show up. And show up they did! Over 360 kids from the neighborhood came out for food and fun. Ad this number to the kids that live at the home and we had nearly 400 kids!
The afternoon started with games and music. The water balloon toss was a huge hit combining competition and getting wet! You can check out the video on this one at the bottom the page.
We had a puppet show that reenacted Jonah and the whale. And a drime that told the kids about Jesus. We had several kids respond to the message of Jesus!
The face painting and balloon animals had a steady line all afternoon. Even the next day after the party kids could be found running around the neighborhood with balloon animals.
The day concluded with hotdogs, rice and juice. A real treat for many of the kids. A good time was had by all.
Block Party Fun from mshrauger on Vimeo.
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toss from mshrauger
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