I just received news of a benefit dinner to be held tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 2, at 8 PM at the Lapataia farm, with proceeds going to help the Escuela Rural #36 Rincon del Diario, located on Camino Lussich. The dinner will be a barbeque, with tickets costing UYU470 without wine, or UYU600 with wine.
There are a couple of ESC members going already. Anyone else interested please call Margarita Arsenault at cero nine four, six one five, one eight seven for directions or reservations, or email her namesake, margarita at marabierto dot com
Flor Rubio, who teaches English as a volunteer, tells me that the school serves children from working-class families, with a total of 50 kids and two teachers. For those of you not familiar with the format of a rural school, usually they involve large groups of mixed grades. Often the kids are served a meal and have a vegetable garden to work on at the school.
The importance of Flor's volunteer work lays in the fact that English language acquisition is key in this country to socio-economic mobility. No English, much harder to join the middle class. It's that simple, so anyone who is ready to volunteer twice a week to teach these kids will be more than welcome. Flor is 78 years old and says she's tired and will be glad to help someone else take her spot. And that the kids are great and a joy to teach.
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Post-dinner scriptum: Well, that was a nice time. We had a table with 14 expats/repats, the food was simple but abundant and tasty, and we even walked away with raffle prizes. The only downside was the live music and tango dancing, which was torture to our ears and hindered conversation and was beyond description in terms of cheesiness. Another problem was the cold at the tables, which made us all huddle around a lovely firepit. The staff was extremely nice. Conclusion: Great location to have a gathering in warmer weather, sans "entertainment".
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