Breakfast as usual. Carita & Emily worked at Kids Step
preschool and Katie showed up in the afternoon to help after finishing with her
RCP visits. Tracey had a good day with 4
family visits with Daniella to Roving Caregiver mothers and children.
Dawn, Warren, & Margaret visited FlavianIsimbert, the
Primary School Principal to discuss an Earthbox- based school feeding
program. Dawn explained how the
Earthboxes work and provided a copy of the Earthbox school curriculum, which
incorporates science, math, nutrition, and language arts lessons into the
gardening program. We learned that half
of the 150 students purchase school lunch.
He told us that it would save the school a great deal of money if they
were able to grow vegetables to add to the lunches as they currently do not
receive enough government assistance to add sufficient vegetables everyday to
the students’ meals. Additionally, he
informed us that they don’t have enough plates, cups, or utensils and students
have to bring them from home. Sadly, not
all students have them at home or sometimes forget and so they cannot
participate in the lunch program. We
also discussed the development of the school literacy program.
Following our evening meeting, the group enjoyed a good
dinner at Ben’s Hideaway, which included freshly grilled tuna steaks.
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