Shola Shaffer-Young and Allison Malet are two borderless world volunteers currently studying at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and volunteering with LLI this summer! Check out what they’ve been up to this May. Hint: the Anniversary will be amazing thanks to these two!
We arrived here in Huaycan, Peru on May 3, just a little over 3 weeks ago, and have already grown to feel at home. We have found the enthusiasm and dedication that LLI’s volunteers have shown, along with the determination and positivity reflected among the teens, kid’s center students and women’s program participants to be truly inspirational.
Our primary focus has been centered around creating a sustainable fundraising campaign (here’s our plug…donate here!) and organizing for this year’s 8th Anniversary Event, as well as the ones to follow. Every year, LLI holds this event in order to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of all of LLI’s participants.
We are ecstatic about this year’s space-themed event, which will take place on Sunday, June 4th, 2017. Open to all families and community members of Huaycan, we will be hosting a variety of interactive games for the children to play (related to our educational programs in English, Math, and Art) and other games just for pure fun and laughs! We’ve had a blast planning and preparing for the event with fellow volunteers and some of our wonderful teens in our teen program. We are excited to gather as a community and celebrate the many achievements of the participants in our programs with awards, games, cake, and more!
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