Nelson Mandela Community
The Nelson Mandela Community is located on the outskirts of the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The Presbyterian Church of Colombia is working with the community center pictured below to organize the community to provide much needed services.
Presbyterian Church near the Community Center
School Room
看in the Community Center
School Room is a misnomer they are only visually separated.
Unlocking the school.
The school from a distance.
Multi-age classes.
Children ready to learn.
Always eager for photos.
A class full.
The teacher working against great odds.
The director Nelson
and colleague 看Rafael
The children are what its about!
The street outside the school. The car is an outsider.
Street scene.
Street scene.
Street scene.
Street scene.
Wash day.
Everywhere we turned,
看there was wash.
What a line!
Even the poor like color.
Colors abound.
Delivering a refrigerator.
Cleaning the refrigerator.
Going out Friday night.
One of the few bikes.
Grandmother and childcare provider.
Grandmother, mother and grandchildren.
Street bath. He did not like the camera.
Sister had just finished her bath.
Will this boy look as healthy in 15 years? Will he live that long?
A newborn, its mother and grandmother.
Questions abound: Will these children grow up?
If they do, will they have work?Mother and son are street vendors.
The cart of goodies the mother and son sell, with school children.
The house of our hostess
for the day.
Nelson Mandela