New house mate in our center

On Friday Rita managed to bump into yet another carnival celebration in Cusco while getting back from her school - it seems that the festivities are not slowing down even though it is already the third week since they started. This time though it was more like Rio Carnival with lots of dancing, costumes and girls in high heels and short skirts... I stayed at center that day so I missed all the fun.

At 7 am on Saturday the girls went to the market to make shopping for the entire week - Rita, Sonia, our cook and Alana, our volunteer from New York. They came back with tons of excellent photos (and fruits & vegetables in varieties we have not seen before) and a new flat mate. Some of photos are really gruesome but definitely worth seeing. Have a look at our new flat mate below:

He is beatiful - not scared of us or anything else around so he roams freely around the house and the patio. Incredible - I used to have a rabbit when I was small and now I have one with incredibly fluffy fur...he eats quite a bit and quickly understood that he is not allowed to enter the rooms. Nobody can really explain how come he is so friendly - it is kind of strange as obviously he was raised for food and fur...Anyway he is a great pet and almost as smart as a dog. Next we are getting a book on how to train house rabbits. He is definitely a favourite of mine just like little Sandra below - I mentioned her earlier so now here comes her photo. We need to take her to an optician to check her eyes and get her proper glasses or whatever else is needed.

Through the last week we have also been working on some ways to do some fundraising for the children of our Cusco center - lots of them have various untreated problems just like Sandra. As a result we have created a fundraising web page (see also on the left side of the blog) through which everyone can make small donations with a credit card. We will appreciate all the help...