Roteract

Hello All!
So part of being a Rotary Exchange student is being active in the Rotary community. Here I am apart of San Borja Sur roteract club. For those who do not know Roteract is an organization associated with Rotary for youth between about 16 and 25 to come together with the same sort of principals as rotary- we go out and do service projects for the community together. There is also interact clubs which is the same idea but for younger age group, so I'm under the impression that means the work varies some.

So I thought I would tell some about what we have been doing. It has become a very present part of my life, and usually turns into quite alot of fun. We have meetings in the evenings every other Saturday (which can last for hours, but afterwords we all usually go out to get something to eat). And recently (today actually) we have been helping out at medical campaigns, big where the less fortunate (the poor/needy of Lima or other specific places where we are) come to get free medical help, tooth brushes, hair cuts, ect for them and their kids) in some manner. Last week we were present and had a booth for kids. So they came and their parents could go off and get what they needed while they colored images that we brought, and got their face painted. You are reading the original words of the head face painter of our work, thankyouverymuch! hahaa, it's alot of fun, lots of butterflies, spiders (Spiderman is super popular with the boys here!), hearts, flags, ect. And so the kids got to color and get candy when they finished their drawings, which we pinned up all over the walls, which at the end of the day looked really cool... and took a while to take all down! haha, there was alot of beautiful drawings! : )
Though we are also involved in the medical aspect in some ways, this week we had a ton of glasses and frames for those who need them. So we became part of the system in this way too, facilitating the organization and dispersion of the glasses. We also had the same drawing and face painting going on along with braclets.
All of the exchange students are members of this roteract club, or another, but are always invited to our outings like these. So we all get to hang out and help out. Haha, we also have sweat shirts with the Roteract symbol on the front and our names on the back, so people can ask us for help... though my name is kinda tough here, but that's a different issue all together...
Today we also packed up and the majority of us, and all the exchange students who had come, went over to an orphanage, which apperantly we vsit with frequency, so I'm looking forward to getting to return! And there we just played with the kids, I made bracelts with them, we had face painting, drawing, a volley ball game goin' on. There were also little trinket gifts handed out and before we left we gave the orphanage several cartons of produce (boy did the strawberries look good!) and said ciao!
Roteract is really good for the community and it gives us something to do that benefits everyone involved! So I figured a summary would be important because it has become a prominent part of my live in Peru as a rotary exchange student!