The gap between the rich and poor

The first 2 months in Brazil, our team has carried out many tasks. First of all, we interviewed our families face to face. My workmate and I have 24 families. We asked them about the number of family members, occupation, income, living condition, problems, health, etc.
Some of our families are much poorer than I expected. They need electricity, stable water supply system, health care, and education for their children. Our first task was to make vegetable gardens. Each
family was able to choose between 5 square meter of vegetable garden and 5 chickens. Among our families, 6 wanted a garden.

We planted lettuce, tomato, carrot, etc. This area is semiarid so the families need to take good care of the crops.
We also distributed the chickens to the families. Almost all of them are doing well. And we planted seeds of fruit trees in a small nursery.
We will distribute 5 seedlings to each family.
From the second month, we have been making holes to manage trash in our communities. The idea is like this; we dig a one-cube meter hole for each family. They dump and collect trashes, which will be recycled like
plastics and glass bottles. Every month, they can sell them to the recycling center located in the town center for their own benefit.
I am really enjoying my life here, and satisfied with taking
part in this project. I like to meet my families and I respect the passion of our area leaders.
At first, I had problems communicating with the families. Still, I cannot speak Portuguese fluently, but much has improved since then.

Wongyu, Korea

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