Katherine-Journal Entry- September 24, 2020

During this week I met with my group to plan the first activity that we will be doing during this month. We decided to start by going to Barbara's Animal Shelter to help her with different activities, like bathing the dogs, feeding them, taking them for walks and playing with them. For this, we send a message to Barbara to know if we can go or not due to the measures implemented in the country by the Ministry of Health due to the coronavirus. We are waiting for her response and then we will plan a date where we will help her with the animals. For me, doing this activity during this quarantine is something very nice and it allows us to develop solidarity for our community, since due to the coronavirus Barbara is receiving very little help and has many animals in her shelter. Therefore as an IB student, I decided to be caring and help these animals that have been abandoned and abused, that at the moment do not have a home with a family and since we can give them our time I think it is an act of kindness. and love for animals. Our student lives have changed dramatically. Due to the coronavirus we cannot do as many activities as we did before, it is very important to maintain security measures and that is why we decided to use other methods to facilitate our voluntary activities. We know that we must remain active in our community aid project and that is why we are going to use different safety measures, such as wearing a mask, washing our hands and keeping a distance when we go to do activities together, such as going to help at Barbara's shelter.