DOUBTS ARE IMPORTANT. And I am convinced that the people who actually manage to live a life without at least questioning at times and occasionally end up in crises of meaning, doing something wrong - as comfortable a life free of doubt may be! On the other hand, too many doubts are probably just as much an advantage.
Currently I am again very close to struggle with what happened here so. The situation is somewhat tricky, and I can not foresee how it will go. After
I still am for the Circulos de lectores - teatreros responsible Pucará, closer to the offer for children, which we are hosting on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the aim of the children reading and writing, being creative and the presentations. Successes are coming, but this is no longer surprising when you look at how the existing training program looks like: At school placed high value on drill, memorization and to parrot. Creativity seems rather fight than expected and encouraged to be. Accordingly, we start from nothing, and the freedom that we prefer the drill, is used quite happy.
Apart of this activity, which occurs in only two afternoons a week, getting involved as possible in Periódico INTAG . In the Sunday showing a number for the first time an item is to be read by me, and in the coming days and weeks I will be expected to reflect Article translated into German, so that the assets readers will not find in Germany news from Intag, without seeking this level of English to have. But working with the newspaper charged me not much.
course, I could say that the current situation is great: it gives me enough time to observe nature here in peace and enjoy to be able to relax and chat with me and encouraged the people can do to make trips, and so more of the country to know! And I try always to see things this way - to appreciate the positive and clear the doubts aside. But, I really do not succeed! I know that I can be here only to other people's expense and have the right to repay this support somehow. With a meaningful project!
There are two ideas for my work in Pucará that make sense in my eyes.
The first is a small library. In the old Casa Comunal that stands empty for years, would be enough space available to set up a small library. This would require the building to be renovated and furnished accordingly. Interesting for me alone because I could plan and coordinate the renovations, and design the future appearance of the library - a great exercise for me as an architecture student! For the Circulos de lectores - teatreros a suitable environment for the children and young people Pucarás a good extension of the poor educational provision and medium-to long-term work for maybe two pucareños . The case has two hooks: The first is money. Just the renovation will cost us some three thousand dollars, added money for furniture and books, and later for jobs with computer. Through platforms such betterplanet.com likely that most of these costs can be financed, and I hope for Christmas routine donations from Germany, once the big drum is agitated. But here's the second catch: We do not have any planning. The building is on the school grounds and therefore belongs to the Ministry of Education. Which we want a guarantee that we can use the building - to be able to safely leave, that we will pay the costs of renovation and also benefit yourself. Say: This is not the end of the school principal and "reclaim their" library without having bent a finger to have. Before this security is not there, I will not compete for donations. And as long as no donations are there, we can not start with the project. Unfortunately, it is more difficult than expected to get a commitment from the Ministry of Education: I could take care not about me, as a foreigner of no fixed address and no links to the Ministry, I have no control, no contact in the administration. Carolina, head of the newspaper and big proponent of the project wants to care for weeks about that one call. But either it reaches no one because it apparently worked only sporadically in the ministry, or they forget their purpose. Thus, I'm from Carolina, the presence of the authorities and ultimately dependent on their support.
The second idea for a project here comes from Peter. His desire is to educate the people in Pucará for waste separation and recycling. This project was started again - and immediately forgotten, when the then volunteer Pucará left! Peter has not forgotten this wish, however, and would be happy if I could finally put it into action. The idea itself says to me: not only to understand the residents Pucarás finally, that plastic bottles and bags is dangerous for them and their environment, but also because with its own waste separation possible to make money, this is absolutely necessary: there are companies that buy up the plastic waste and pay per pound! So we could set up a fund from which may be paid such as drugs, which are sorely needed here: diabetes, prostate disease and osteoporosis are here something like common diseases, and good medicines are in short supply. The problem with this project is quite simple: Peter is too rare in Pucará! I would not begin to familiarize myself with the issues, do the planning and end up with the certainty that the project will fail to leave. Rather, I consider that I Peter, who lives so far, at least sporadically here, can only support. Currently, however, this would be reversed, Peter can not contribute more than supportive.
I can say right now is not whether one can both possible and potentially useful projects are implemented. Equally skeptical I face the coming weeks and months. What if I still only do what I do now? Moreover, the little help that we offer here is often not appreciated and therefore useless, as you can see the example of the English school: in the meantime Andenbärprojekt are new volunteers, all of which no English and speak English are interested in a few hours. I was with them and set two of the four teachers and related dates agreed: On Monday evening the first hour would be held. Of the two teachers appeared not.
There is thus a discrepancy between words and actions of those who should benefit from the English school: While there was no possible students, I was often asked how we could get to work for the English teachers to these to practice and course to help money. And finally offers the opportunity to provide English instruction fails again all about the dependability of teachers. This is run after my delight, the teachers, to organize workshops and to promote students, not just bigger ... well
Finally it all ends in a vicious cycle: the anger about the situation on the ground means that if possible I am not in Pucará and, recently, going away. My absence means that nothing happened, what frustrates me when I returned to Pucará and would have an incentive to travel at the best right back. So that's at least for now: After a week on the coast I was a week here last weekend to go to Cayambe and from there to the thermal baths visiting from Papallacta. Now I will be only through Friday Pucará because I'm going to spend the weekend in Quito, where I will meet on Sunday, my true love. Julian, with whom I have worked in Nicaragua and in Berlin is my neighbor almost come to Ecuador for two weeks and is distracted by his presence during labor and slosigkeit. As long as Julian is here and Ecuador meets - a journey that is scheduled yet, I will report in soon! - To all readers was down this cultural tidbits to the heart. Despite my pleas
at the beginning of this record - the doubt the doubt - I hope that its caused by the last paragraph is not too much of my integrity questioned: Somehow I icg so in view of the whole situation and keep the desperation of water and the laughter ...
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