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Heavy work during a hot summer week!

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  Even the children from the Pablo Antonio school love to help the group during their break! Builders Beyond Borders – Advisor Karen: I am Karen Meyer (in the middle) from New York and I work as an advisor in the Builders Beyond Borders (B3). I became associated with B3 in 2010 while I was working at a Peace Corps Water & sanitation volunteer heading a project in Peru . I traveled with the April C-4 team to Ecuador in 2011. The students that I work with are from different high schools in Connecticut and New York . Most of them heard exciting stories from friends or family who also worked for B3, and that is when they got interested. The students do a great job, I never could imagine that they would work so hard! For the students this is a big difference compared to their own country. Some students even change their mind about their study plans for the future. I think it is a good experience for them to get to see something of a poor country. For example, a high school st