Cajamar

Our stay in Cajamar was shorter than planned as we spent part of this scheduled visit at the beach. Our first visit in Cajamar was to the town hall where we met with the mayor who gave us some basic facts and information about the city. Adjacent to the city hall was a small museum showing the history of the city.

The team and the Mayor of Cajamar

We next visited a home for children with HIV. Ages were from birth through 18. Many were children of single mothers who couldn’t raise the children properly, others were orphans and some were unwanted by their families. There were 4 houses for the children who were divided up by age groups. We were surprised at how clean the houses were and how big the bedrooms were. All the children we saw looked happy. School age children attended the regular public schools. The local Rotary Club works with the home and even raised money to help the home buy a bakery at which baked goods are sold to the public with the proceeds helping finance the home.

Outside and inside the home for children

After lunch we visited a social program where women were making clothes, towels, and other products from donated cloth. The products were sold at a bazaar and the proceeds went to help the poor. This was another Rotary sponsored project.

Sign at Bazaar

That evening we had a BBQ with the Rotary Club of Cajamar. My host family hosted this at their home. This was an informal meeting of the club and we did our presentation for them. In the middle of the presentation my wife skyped me. We stopped our presentation and had the club talk to her. As with other BBQs, it seemed the meat and other food never stopped appearing. This lasted until midnight!

Party Time!!!!

The next morning we and traveled about 20 minutes to our next city, Jundiai.