We arrived at Paraguay after we had made quick visits to Iguassu Falls through Brazil and Argentina.
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We came to a small village called Santo Domingo, which is located 50 km away from Ciudad del Este.
It was already 6 pm when we got here.
We'd been Iguassu Falls till 3 pm. So exhausted.
Why we came to this unknown village?
I wanted to see one of our friends Emi, who is a member of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV). Emi is the lest in the phto.
Okkun, who is a friend of Ken, introduced Emi to us. Okkun and Emi are colleagues in JOCV.
Emi told me there are only 600 people in this village. It is totally middle of nowhere!
I think this is the right place to conduct the first "Round-the-world-Journey" charity project.
For those who don't know about this project, please refer to here
So, we bought a soccer ball at a shopping mall near Foz Do Iduassu.
It cost 1,900 yen.
So far, 31 T-shirts have been sold out, making 15,500 yen.
We gonna report what is to be done with those funds on this blog.
When we hand in the ball, we gave it to the village head not to make the kids fight over it.
The village head was a dandyish guy.
Then we went straight to the field to play football with the children.
It was almost dusk.
We tool a photo with soccer fans in the village.
Everyone is barefoot except us.
By the way, a cow was unleashed in the field.
This is totally idyllic scene. I like this but bunch of cattle dung.
In a meantime, it's getting dark. So we divided them into two teams; Atushi United and Ken FC. Hahaha
We should have kicked off earlier. Can't see the ball.
Finally, the time's up! Atsushi United won!
They were so good players, even though they're barefoot.
This is the way our charity funds raised by everyone are spent.
Your charitable spirit brings a smile to children's faces.
If you'd like to cooperate with us, please visit the following website.
If you are inconvenient with Japanese, just e-mail us!
Also please check our charity in Honduras!!
After the game, we were invited to the dinner by the village head.
I didn't expect this during our "charity".
She cooked us local chicken stewed.
They serves us beer.
I was treated like a member of the family!
There are many wild animals as well in the house!
This is not a little puppy but a little ＰＩＧ!!
All the scenes in the village can be seen in the following video.
Our blog's title "Football Unites the World" is exemplified in this movie.
A soccer ball makes it possible to overcome the language barrier!!
We are glad to bring smiles to all the children in the world from now on.
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