From ticket seller to clown

Going out into the rural areas to visit our libraries or the children of the Community Programme is always a great joy. But it also requires a lot of preparation and work.

Preparing the travel backpack with all the necessities (sunscreen, insect repellent and first aid kit included), preparing the books for exchange and the therapy materials for the children, planning and carrying out the activities according to the schedule, preparing the contents of the workshops and meetings with various community entities, not forgetting the food for the road or the boots for the walks in the rain, driving, arriving, settling in and already thinking about the first activity - all this requires a lot of attention and logistics. Then there is the accounting, the (healthy!) refreshments during the events, the attention to people who have questions or queries and, of course: the evidence!

Alfredo always said that it is complicated when all the responsibility for an event falls on one person. "It's like playing the ticket seller and the clown in your own circus," he said. 

Sometimes we are lucky enough to have a friend who accompanies us and offers to take the photos. But my last trip to Sócota, Cutervo, was a luxury, because I was accompanied by Jorge Camacho, a volunteer of the Network and a professional photographer.

Thank you, Jorge, for your pleasant company, for helping me to drive and for the beautiful photos. And thank you, Alfredo, for sending us these volunteer angels to the Libraries.