Forgiveness

Escuela Fiscal Monte Sanaí is located in an invasions area in Guayaquil.
This septimo de basica (6th grade) classroom has 78 students.

I had the opportunity to visit several public schools in a very poor area of Guayaquil. Areas of the city such as the one where the schools are located are commonly refered to as "invasiones"... invasions. In search for a better life, thousands of people who have nothing move into the city and build communities on property that doesn't belong to them. Living condtions are poor, and the area is dangerous. This message was beautifully handcrafted on a bulletin board in a kindergarten classroom of a school within the invasiones area.

My interpretation...

“Forgiveness”

Forgiveness means that the guilty one, in the end,

is better than his actions suggest.

Forgiveness has the power to heal.

Humans sometimes forgive,

but God always does.

Thank you, Tom, for pointing it out to me.



Primero de basica (kindergarten) students were taking a written test.





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