Joel had a great time at Damien House a few weeks ago...find out about his experience through his own words!
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| Joel, participating in "refuerzo" or tutoring with another Starfish scholar, Betsabeth. |
"Hi, I'm Joel. I'm a scholarship student at The Starfish Foundation. We visited Damien House, a foundation where there were people with Hansen's disease. It was interesting because I didn't know a lot about this disease.
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| Jonathan, our tour guide, explaining about Damien House and Hansen's disease. |
I wasn't used to socializing with elderly people, I thought it was boring, but I was wrong. They welcomed us, and I met them one by one. They gave us a tour of the foundation. After, they told us we could visit whatever part of the foundation that we wanted to. I went to the men's section. They taught me to play dominoes together with some of the other students. When we went to the women's section, they gave us the advice that we should keep studying, and not to go down the wrong path. I really liked it. I'd like to be able to go back some day."
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| The women's section! |
Yo casi no estaba acostumbrado a socializar mucho con personas de tercera edad, pensaba que era aburrido, pero me equivoqué. Ellos nos recibieron muy felices, los fui conociendo uno por uno. Nos dieron un recorrido por toda la fundación. Después nos dijeron que podríamos ir a visitar a cualquier parte. Fui a la parte de los abuelitos. Ellos me enseñaron a jugar dominó junto con otros becados y aprendimos a jugar. Cuando fuimos a la parte de la abuelitas, ellas nos aconsejaron que sigamos en los estudios, que no nos vamos por el mal camino. En mi opinión a mí me gustó. Quisiera que alguna vez se vuelva a repetir."
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| Joel (black shirt) with Starfish scholars Danny and Anthony and their new friend! |
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