Placement Letter

Hola Todos,

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I got my placement letter today which was very exciting! Looks like i'll be spending the year in Arequipa in the South of Peru. The orphanage is called the 'Fundacion Por Los Ninos' and it has around 60 orphaned or abused children that live there. There are 8 houses all together where each has its own little 'family unit' with a house mother. Me and my partner will be living in a small self-contained apartment within the orphanage. I'll be helping with the day-to-day care of the children and doing English, homework reinforcement, arts and crafts classes etc (basically like a modern day Mother Teresa). It really does sound amazing. We're living about 15 minutes from the town centre where...wait for it... there's a giant volcano! I've never even seen a volcano never mind live just underneath one. I also did a bit of my own research... it takes 6 hours to get to Cusco where there is South America's biggest bungee jump, that's definitely happening at some point! Also, in Arequipa the temperature supposedly doesn't drop below 20 degrees all year round during the day, but gets colder at night so we can sleep comfortably, amazing!

Another thing i haven't mentioned is that i just about finished fundraising my £5000 which was a huge relief, especially so i'm not stressing during exams. So, thank you to absolutely everyone who attended an event, helped out with anything or just donated money, even those who gave me all their pennies, it all added up! I didn't realise just how much people wanted to get rid of me!

I think i've mentioned everything i need to for now so i'll probably do another blog when i get back from training in July. Everything is getting so real now, i'm starting to get butterflies when i think about it but the excitement well over weighs the nerves so i guess that's good.

Thanks anyone who's bothering to read this. If you're interested in seeing what i'm doing when i'm there then save this link or bookmark it, or even follow me. I don't know what that does but i think it means you'll know when i write a new blog or something? Hopefully i'll be updating this every few weeks when i'm out there.

Adios chicos!
Besos, Evie x