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First World Trash on Third World Shores

A week ago this was clean. See the wooden planks? That is a little bridge over a tidal creek and the ocean is to your left. High tides brought this trash in over just a few days. What a difficult challenge for people with few resources!  Today was garbage pick-up day. I am happy because I walked through the village and saw guys with wheel barrows collecting the big black trash bags from the houses. It means there is progress. A few months ago there was no trash pick-up. Nowhere for the garbage to even go. Now it is shipped by small boats to a land fill on another island. But how are these people supposed to keep up when they have to deal with this? And who is going to pay to remove all the extra bags of trash this will be when it eventually gets picked up?  I have been helping people when I can over the years, and I have always been a bit of a hippy myself, into organic food and natural living and caring for this lovely planet. But I never realized how much envir...

When Volunteering is Simply Life

This is Mario. He helped us paint a house for a woman with no husband and a sick child. He is 16 and has 6 kids in his family. This is where Mario lives. He has no electricity and uses rain water. His mother spends most of her day washing clothes by hand in a bucket outside.  Today we donated pillows, sheets and blankets to Mario's family. Tomorrow Mario will do a little work for us so he can earn a few dollars which he needs for school.  This is what we do here, and it feels normal, everyday.... Welcome to Panama, laura Please check out our FULL WEBSITE at www.PovertyProjectInternational.com Connect with us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/povertyprojectinternational/ If you want to chat, you can email us at povertyprojectinternational@gmail.com Or if you want to help us out and DONATE, you can go to PAYPAL and send your donation to   povertyprojectinternational@gmail.com All donations are tax deductible. Live is an a...