Id like to bring a gift to the community we will be working with; what is appropriate?
El Porvenir works with communities, so any gift must be for the entire community. The fee you pay to participate in the workgroup will pay for the materials of construction for the community’s water or sanitation project, and this donation is your gift to the community. Individual gifts such as clothing may cause jealousy and dissention in the community whose unity we are committed to support, so please do not bring such gifts. Some work groups have made a gift of sports equipment such as a volleyball and net, or baseballs, gloves and bats, to the entire community, and these gifts are very welcome and positive. School supplies (books in Spanish, notebooks, pencils, crayons, etc) are welcome as a gift to the local school, but we ask that you bring enough for all the children. We will tell you how many there are.
