The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brazil – IELB, collected
a special offering to help the students and their families. I asked them to
make a list of priorities and to make a quotation of the items listed. Food was
in first place. I asked them if they need a bicycle. Their eyes shined! What
about tools to work in the machamba (little farm)? Some clothes? Some kitchen
staff?
After the classes late afternoon we went to the street
market. The first thing we bought was a bicycle for each one of them.
Paying the bicycles (around US$ 100.00 each).
After this we bought rice…
– 50 kg to each family.
A Toyota from
Kuwangisana helped us to fetch what we had purchased, even the bicycles.
Everything was stored
in my guesthouse.
(rice, food)
Another day we searched for kitchen staff.
Mrs. Gabriel, Director of Kuwangisana, came with us to ask
for a discount.
We bought several plastic containers and buckets, metal
plates, cups and spoons…
…bargaining in each
shop to get a better prize.
They said their wives
would be very happy to have this all to keep water in their huts.
Another day we bought cooking pans, a set of 6 pans to each family...
... eight coal irons and tools for their machamba: eight axes, eight rakes.
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