March 2013 Service Trip to Tobati, Paraguay
Team Tobati 2013 was made up of 101 students, teachers, and alumni. It was our 15th annual March community service trip to Tobati, Paraguay. We really feel that this trip was our best trip yet. The team built classrooms, medical outposts, and parks throughout the 21 villages that make up the district of Tobati. We had a truly wonderful time forming relationships with Paraguayan volunteers from the Tobati's Macchi School and with our other partners throughout Tobati. We worked hard and learned so much throughout our time in Paraguay.
The 2013 team built an additional classroom Escuela San Rafael 21 de Julio, Tobati. This was the sixth 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. The team constructed a classroom in the rural community of Potrero Poli, Tobati. This was the fourth classroom built at this school by the team. This classroom is used for a high school class. TT 2013 constructed an additional block of sidewalk surrounding this emerging Team Tobati public plaza and park. This was be the fourth sidewalk built by the team at the plaza. The team also spread new soil to fill in large holes and even out soccer fields as well as planting trees within the park.
The team also painted and removed trash at the Tobati cemetery as well as constructing a multiuse patio/floor outside of CONADOMI, a large public high school in Central Tobati. Team Tobati has in the past constructed classrooms, a soccer field, and a roof at this school. The squad built a a stone fence at Maestra Patricia grade school, in the Santa Lucia neighborhood of Tobatí. Team Tobatí has in the past constructed a kitchen, classroom, and a bathroom at Escuela Maestra Patricia. The team work at Tobati’s trash dump gathering separating and gathering plastics, cardboard, and other items. The team constructed a soccer field and a small park at a new public housing development for poor homeless families in Tobati. The squad also repainted and worked to maintain the children’s park in Tobati’s church plaza which was constructed by the Team nine years ago. Team Tobati 2013 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. The team worked at a series of brick and tile factories alongside Paraguayan workers throughout the department of Tobati.
The team worked worked in the sugar cane fields alongside Paraguayan workers. The team cleared out the fields. TT 2013 visited houses and families in poor neighborhoods throughout the district of Tobati. Students of the Reinaldo Macchi Institute who live in this specific neighborhoods served as great each guides as they enter homes, meet with families, and distribute donated clothes. The team also spent time at the Reinaldo Macchi Institute learning choreographed modern dance in preparation for the Team Tobati 2013 Dance Off. It was a wonderful trip.
The 2013 team built an additional classroom Escuela San Rafael 21 de Julio, Tobati. This was the sixth 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. The team constructed a classroom in the rural community of Potrero Poli, Tobati. This was the fourth classroom built at this school by the team. This classroom is used for a high school class. TT 2013 constructed an additional block of sidewalk surrounding this emerging Team Tobati public plaza and park. This was be the fourth sidewalk built by the team at the plaza. The team also spread new soil to fill in large holes and even out soccer fields as well as planting trees within the park.
The team also painted and removed trash at the Tobati cemetery as well as constructing a multiuse patio/floor outside of CONADOMI, a large public high school in Central Tobati. Team Tobati has in the past constructed classrooms, a soccer field, and a roof at this school. The squad built a a stone fence at Maestra Patricia grade school, in the Santa Lucia neighborhood of Tobatí. Team Tobatí has in the past constructed a kitchen, classroom, and a bathroom at Escuela Maestra Patricia. The team work at Tobati’s trash dump gathering separating and gathering plastics, cardboard, and other items. The team constructed a soccer field and a small park at a new public housing development for poor homeless families in Tobati. The squad also repainted and worked to maintain the children’s park in Tobati’s church plaza which was constructed by the Team nine years ago. Team Tobati 2013 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. The team worked at a series of brick and tile factories alongside Paraguayan workers throughout the department of Tobati.
The team worked worked in the sugar cane fields alongside Paraguayan workers. The team cleared out the fields. TT 2013 visited houses and families in poor neighborhoods throughout the district of Tobati. Students of the Reinaldo Macchi Institute who live in this specific neighborhoods served as great each guides as they enter homes, meet with families, and distribute donated clothes. The team also spent time at the Reinaldo Macchi Institute learning choreographed modern dance in preparation for the Team Tobati 2013 Dance Off. It was a wonderful trip.
