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- Multiuse patio/floor at Maestra Patricia School in the Santa Lucia neighborhood: Team Tobati 2012 constructed a multiuse patio/floor outside Maestra Patricia Escuela in the poor Santa Lucia neighborhood of Tobati. Escuela Maestra Patricia is currently the grade school that has sent the most students to the team's Reinaldo Macchi Institute. Their students have scored best on the standardized test used as part of the Macchi school application process and have excelled at the Macchi school. Team Tobati has in the past constructed a kitchen and a classroom at Escuela Maestra Patricia.
- Improvements at Escuela Básica #6448 in San Jose Obrero neighborhood: Team Tobati 2012 built a brick wall surrounding the San Jose Obrero School. Escuela Básica #6448 in the extremely poor San José Obrero neighborhood is just outside central Tobati. This is a neighborhood formed around a few large brick factories. This is a school that was constructed by Team Tobati in 2003 so that the poor of the children of the brick workers wouldn't have to walk over a half hour across a river in order to get to their grade school. This school contains six classrooms, a bathroom, and an outside corridor, each of which was built and funded by different Team Tobati service trips. This school and this neighborhood are very special to Team Tobati due to the contagious energy and warmth of the children and the dedication and quiet integrity of their parents.
- Classroom in the poor San Rafael Neighborhood in 21 de Julio, Tobati: Team Tobati 2012 worked on the construction of a classroom at San Rafael Escuela, in the poor rural community of 21 de Julio, Tobati. This is the fifth classroom that Team Tobati has built for this new public grade school. Team Tobati is constructing the entire grade school by adding one classroom each year.
- Classroom in the poor rural community in Potrero Poli, Tobati: Classroom Team Tobati 2012 worked on the construction of a classroom in the rural community of Potrero Poli, Tobati. This was the third classroom built at this school by the team. This classroom is used for a high school class. It allows students to attend high school in their own community as opposed to having to get to the town of Tobati every day for school.
- Sidewall at Team Tobati Plaza: Team Tobati 2012 constructed a one block sidewalk surrounding this emerging public plaza and park. This is the third sidewalk built by the team at the plaza. (Team Tobati Plaza)
- Children’s Park: Team Tobati 2012 repainted and worked to maintain the children’s park in Tobati’s church plaza which was constructed by the Team eight years ago. This park is used by hundreds of children every week. (Parque de la Iglesia)
- Bathroom Construction: Team Tobati 2012 constructed a bathroom at the poor Virgen de los Remedios school in Tobati. The small school previously did not have a bathroom.
- School Visits: Team Tobati 2012 visited every school in the town and the 21 surrounding villages that make up the district of Tobati. During these visits, the team brought soccer balls for each school and fluoride and toothbrushes for each student. (Visita a las Escuelas)
- Smaller Brick Factories: Team Tobati 2012 worked at a series of small brick and tile factories alongside Paraguayan workers throughout the department of Tobati. The construction of bricks is the main source of work in the department of Tobati. All of the bricks used for the Team’s construction are purchased from these types of factories located nearby the Tobati work sites. (Olería)
- Larger Brick Factories: Team Tobati 2012 worked at a couple of the larger big brick factories alongside Paraguayan workers. The majority of men and boys in the area work in brick factories. All of the bricks used for the Team’s construction are purchased from factories nearby the Tobati site. (Fabrica)
- Sugarcane Fields: Team Tobati 2012 worked in the sugar cane fields alongside Paraguayan workers. The team cleared out the fields. Along with soybeans and cotton, sugar is one of Paraguay’s main agricultural products. (Caña Dulce)
- Neighborhood Visits: Team Tobati 2012 visited houses in poor neighborhoods throughout the district of Tobati. Students of the Reinaldo Macchi Institute who live in this specific neighborhoods served as each groups' guides as they entered homes, met with families, and distributed donated clothes. (Distribución)
- Guarani and Dance: Team Tobati 2012 had each work team spend time at the Reinaldo Macchi Institute learning Guarani (Paraguay’s indigenous language) as well as rehearsing a choreographed modern dance in preparation for the Team Tobati 2012 Dance Off.
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