Community Service Week

Since we have gotten back, it has been a relaxing and busy week. Tuesday through Friday, a few of us have been spending the week at the Humane Society (Saga) where the dogs live. These dogs come from off the streets and are trying to get adopted. If they have lived there long enough though, once they get adopted, they run away from their homes back to the Saga. There are at least 3 dogs that this has happened to. 

The first day we were there, we cleaned out the kennels and fixed some of the wire on the kennels. A few of us also walked some of the dogs. I walked two dogs with Heather. They were brothers and whenever I got ahead of Heather, he would stop and wait for his brother. We took them on the beach and they both went straight to the water and laid down. It was so cute.

Wednesday we spent the whole day painting. Half of us painted some of the buildings where the dogs are kept and the other half painted the fence at the vet part of the Saga. Around lunch time, we left and went to Estelle's for lunch and it was delicious. It was on the beach and very tasty. 

Then we went back and finished painting. It was really tiring and hot. I have never sweated so much but it was also fun.

Friday, only a few of us went back in the morning. First we cleaned out the kennels again. Then we took on the task of bathing all of the dogs. Some of them did not mind it at all but others it was a task. They kept running away and we had to hold them down. The smaller dogs had more power than the bigger ones. Then we had to brush them out, clip their toenails and clean their ears out. After we cleaned one dog, he went right under the little house and dug in the mud and got all dirty again. He did not like being clean.

The only other interesting thing that happened was this huge crane like truck coming through on the beach. They were moving a little hut on the beach from one side to the other. The building got stuck between two trees at one point too. It was really entertaining to watch.

Upcoming events for the last week of my time here in Belize!

Saturday and Sunday will be spent relaxing and finishing my community service book as well as going to help out ACES (the crocodile organization) take down something and clean up trash. Monday we will start back up in the schools and have our final meeting and we are going on a night snorkel which I am really excited about. Tuesday the special ed students plus Tori are going inland to visit a state run school for students with disabilities. Wednesday, Samantha and I will go after school to finish up our documentary. Thursday and Friday are normal days at the school and we have our final group dinner Friday night.  Saturday I will have a very long day of traveling back to Charlotte but that is ok! It is crazy that it is almost over!