Oil and Water Project visits Sí a la Vida...

Here's a blog from some young guys (Oil and Water Project) who just visited the program on Ometepe.  These young guys are white water daredevils and biodiesel missionaries who are traveling in a van around Latin America.  One of our donors encouraged them to visit the program because he wanted SALV to get publicity for fundraising.  If you scroll down you'll see their take on the program. 

November 11th, 2006

Sí a la vida is a school dedicated to taking kids off the street in Nicaragua, giving them a home and an education.  We found the program very inspiring, which could be used as a model for places around the world.

This was a no-nonsense group.  They were all very well seasoned, and had way more experience then normal kids from having to fend for themselves on the street.  They were all so happy to be involved with a program like this.

It was a ultra-competitive, super athletic bunch.

We spent almost two days in their community, and got to know each kid.  They had some great questions for us when we finally did our demonstration, and we had their total attention.

We feel that kids like this have even more opportunity to excel in life.  They know what it is like to grow up and have nothing.  Now they have been given this amazing opportunity, and I didn’t get the feeling that any of them were taking advantage of it.  It seems like kids like this can really funnel the problems they’ve had in life, and turn it into super positive motivation.  That is what we saw at this school, and the project was a good way to show them some alternative ways of thinking.