I've never been so pleased to see the weekend - I'm tired to my very bones from digging, stomping, smashing rocks (OK I'll admit I didn't do that) carrying heavy things (beer) my scalp was sunburned so now I look like a boy wearing a baseball cap, but I fit in with the Canadians as they all have caps so there's my silver lining...

On our last day on the project this week, I got to help install a solar panel for a family of 8 in the village! We took a pick up truck there - the only way of travelling in Honduras is in the back! My oh my I should have put on my sports bra that morning, bumpy doesn't even nearly cover it! I've never seen roads like it, I don't even think it WAS a road we drive down, I managed to get a thorn tree stuck in my head (thanking my lucky stars for the ugly baseball cap now!) and we nearly lost Nick a few times who was trying to look like a local hanging off the towbar :)

This was my overall favourite day - minus the thorn in my head - as I've visited my fair share of i-to-i projects over the years I've worked here, but this one caught in my throat and made me cry. Nick and Elisa had purchased a solar panel and the community leader gets to decide who gets the panel (he already has one and everyone always hangs out at his house now!)

So at this house, we have mum and 7 children, one of which is the beautiful Betty, the cutest girl and so friendly, I just wish I spoke more Spanish! We braided each other's hair and bonded over our love for accessories :) Mum lives on her own because Dad was an alcoholic and gambled the house away, he then died shortly after leaving her with nothing.

i-to-i volunteers built the house she lives in and now we're fixing a solar panel to her roof. Maybe it's because I had a cold that day and was feeling sorry for myself, but boy did I get a reality check.

This house had no furniture in the 'living room' just a few breeze blocks and a plank of wood for seating...postage sacks were hung up as wardrobes and there were 4 beds to be shared between everyone.

Hooking the solar panels up and switching them on was the best feeling ever for me on that trip.

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