I am happy to finally be posting photos of the playground.
Once again I would like to thank everyone who supported this project. I must say it was so nice to actually see this idea come to life.
When I arrived at the SOS I was so delighted to actually see children playing on it, laughing and just having fun. It absolutely made my day!
In addition to the playground which has swings, 3 sets of monkey bars, 2 slides and a climbing tower, there is also a picnic area where I sat and talked to the kids about the playground and they said enthusiastically how much they love it. This area of the center has turned from a pile of dirt into one of the favorite places for many of the children. It reminded me so much of my first day at the center 3 years ago, with lots of curious faces around me, but this time most of them knew me and they welcomed me with lots of hugs.
Although it isn't the playground I dreamed of (in the sense that it was made in Portugal and not in Cape Verde because the main funding behind the project was the Canadian Embassy which said for safety reasons it had to be made abroad), it is everything I hoped it would be for the children: a safe place where they can play and enjoy their childhood innocence.
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Good morning how are you?
My name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Cape Verde? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Cape Verde in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
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