March 2008 Service Trip to Tobati, Paraguay
Team Tobatí’s March 2008 community service trip to Tobatí, Paraguay was made up of 139 students, teachers, dentists, doctors, and K-O alumni. The team broke up into 13 work teams and worked on dozens of different projects all funded by the team. These projects included the construction of a new classroom and the beginning of a major expansion to the Reinaldo Macchi School, the construction of a new classroom at Escuela Básica #6448 in the extremely poor San José Obrero neighborhood, renovations both inside and outside el Hospital Distrital Tobatí (Tobatí's public medical clinic), the beginning of the construction of a new school in the poor San Rafael neighborhood in the rural village of 21 de Julio, Tobatí, the construction of a medical outpost in 21 de Julio, Tobatí, the construction of a classroom in the poor rural village of Costa Alegre, Tobatí, the construction of a classroom in the poor rural village of Mompóx, Tobatí, and other similar projects all geared towards assisting the poor of the region.
