March 2005 Service Trip to Tobati, ParaguayIn March 2005, the team's largest and most ambitious service trip of date took place. The team was made up of 80 Kingswood Oxford students, 13 teachers, 2 alumni, and 5 medical doctors. The 10 work groups worked on the construction of an eight room public library in the center of Tobatí, the construction of a classroom in the poor San Jose Obrero neighborhood located just outside of central Tobatí, the construction of a classroom in the poor rural village of Villa de Mercedes, the construction of a classroom in the poor rural village of Aparypy, the construction of a classroom in the poor rural village of Costa Alegre, the construction of a classroom in the poor rural village of Santa Rosa, the construction of a floor in a small school in the poor rural village of Isla Florida, the construction of a classroom at CONADOMI high school in the center of Tobatí, the construction of a large kitchen to cook bread at Tobatí's Artisan Collective, the initiation of a large grass-roots program at over 50 rural schools in which fluoride, toothpaste, medical pamphlets, seeds for local gardens, and powered milk were distributed, and other smaller constructions and programs.
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