This week I started doing some volunteering at an after school program called Club Unión de los Pibes (Kids´ Club). It´s a program for kids in a lower-class neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The club used to be associated with a charity organization in the U.S., but they dropped the funding when the economy started to turn. Now, it´s funded only by donations by the people who volunteer there. The goal of the club is to give kids in this rough area a safe place to go after school, where they can be productive and feel loved. It´s an alternative to growing up on the streets.
Today was so much fun. Kate, a girl from London that we met here in BA who goes with me, and I were with the younger kids, around 5 years old. They were so cute! We played with play-dough, colored and did a mini English lesson. When they saw my camera they went crazy and loved taking pictures! This first picture is of me with the two little boys, Alexis and Nico. The picture belowe is of Kate with one of the little girls, Katy. 
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