After a really tough first day on the site, we arrived at Mira Flores raring to go and from the off it was almost like a carnival atmosphere. There was a great buzz about the place, we had music today and everything seemed a little easier on the body, I think we had just adjusted to the altitude and the hard work, we knew what to expect in a way so I think we were physically and mentally prepared. It [...]

After a fantastic welcome by the community yesterday, today was our turn to repay them with some hard graft…. and hard graft it was! We arrived at around 08:30am after a bumpy minibus ride bursting with enthusiasm and within no time we were split into two groups and given our tasks. It was my group’s job to clear the playground area of rubble, bricks and various other random objects. It soon became clear to us that this was no easy [...]