Visit to:María Velásquez home

February 13th, 2010

Santa María and Santiaguito Volcanos on our way to Maria

´s house.

On the way to Cantón Montúfar…

Arriving at Maria´s House, the truck we

rented for carrying beds and heavy stuff...

Vinicio parking our car near Marías House…

Vinicio and truck driver, unloading the truck…

Placing the beds, while we could put them on their final place....

Maria´s children helping happily to take

home their things....

Cereal, pasta, eggs, soups, salt…..

Powder milk, oil, cookies, eggs…

Oats, rice, hair shampoo, bath soap, dish soap…

Uniforms for the oldest children (2

for each one)…

Their shoes….

25 Pounds of Sugar

Beds...

100 Pounds of Dried corn (for tortillas,

tamales, etc.)

25 pounds of black beans, 6 pounds of

Incaparina (a nutritive drink)

Children with their shoes to go to

school (when they are at home they

remain barefoot...)

Vinicio giving Maria some money…

Maria´s old bed…

Vinicio and María taking outside the old bed to place the children's new bed

Vinicio assembling the bed which will be used by the children, while all excited watching

him...

They are placing the new bed next to the María´s mother bed....

Children so happy saying “Hi” on their brand new

bed…

Vinicio assembling the María´s bed

María and her children sitting on María´s brand new bed….!!!

María´s family, their home and me (talking with little kid)

Some photos of María´s house…

More photos….

All of them so happy and grateful…

María´s little speach!

CLIC ON MARIA TO PLAY THE VIDEO

María´s speach translation:

In the video Maria expresses her gratitude first to God, then all of you!

She thanked the Foundation and also to the entire COTA team because of what you did for her and her family; she said thanks for the help of their beds, uniforms for their children and food, she

says that now she will be able to move on...

She also said that she asks God that He blesses all of you and your finances...