SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL TALK: GUEST SPEAKER PADDY:
Wednesday 11th October:
For the second and third class today we had a guest speaker from St. Vincent De Paul come in and talk to us. His name was Paddy and he's from Athlone. He lived in Brazil with his wife and 2 young children (at the time) for 3 years and then moved back home. He told us what it was like over there and how our struggles are so different to theirs. He told us about the work of SVP. and it showed us what a good organisation it is. Paddy had a big slideshow on the computer to help show us pictures and other key points that he wrote. After the earthquake in Haiti, it was left in a mess and the organisation needed to help the people over there. Paddy went over to Haiti and helped them. He said that even after the earthquake, people were trying to come out of their homes with a smile on their faces and just keep going. I think this talk was really interesting and at the end I gave a green card. Paddy also gave us sweets which was really nice of him.