Luisa Lopes,
College of Coastal Georgia student and Brazilian native, traveled to Equatorial
Guinea this summer and worked with children living in tribal villages.
Lopes spent 21 days in
Equatorial Guinea, where her father works as a human resources director for
A.R.G., Brazilian
civil construction company, while her mother, a former educator, is involved in
social work and dedicates most of her time to Equatoguineans in tribal
villages. She teaches them how to cook and use corn to make different meals,
among other things. Corn is a readily available staple in Equatorial Guinea.
While Lopes mother visited
the tribal villages, she was able to play with and teach personal hygiene to
the local children, ages 2 to 16. Lopes enjoyed her experience in Equatorial
Guinea and helping people at the tribal villages. “Lopes said she would like to
return before her father's services are done in Africa – which could be
sometime next year. She said the experience made her want to help others more
in the future,” said an article from College of Coastal
Georgia Athletic News.
Lopes’s parents have been
in Equatorial Guinea for almost three years working and engaging with the
community. Additionally, according to the College of Coastal
Georgia Athletic News,“Lopes’s father's company also teaches the people how
to grow their own food and store it properly so that it will be safe to eat.
The company also raises rabbits and gives them to each of the villages to cook
as meat to eat.”
