Safe drive la Piedra Community kids
School bus donation, by Nick family and UCONN medical students, safe drive for the Guanin Community kids. Benefit, where 200 kids from our Guanin Community Center and plus 145 students from the public school will be using free and transportation for school. The UConn Pre-Med Society Alternative Break is a student-run organization that provides medical care, medicine for 5000 patients to our community of La Piedra.
The residents of La Piedra live in extreme poverty. Around 60% earn less than US$3 per day for lack of employment (not because they do not want to work), and one in three earns less than US$2 per day—if they are lucky enough to earn anything!—which is why we focus on this population group. They survive by raising animals, principally chickens, growing some food for local consumption, such as yucca and other vegetables, and by doing occasional odd jobs (chiripeo). A few of the residents buy potable water, but it is only available in 5-gallon bottles that cost US$1 each. Only 10% of the residents have access to electricity, and there are no telephone lines, Internet, or other types of technology available.
