my day job

An uneventful day.
Like most.

I got up and drank coffee and looked at the news.
I then headed to another "town," only it's still part of the same jurisdiction.
Ten minute bus ride. I always enjoy the bus in the morning. Fewer people, no heat, a more lively ride. Yes, lively. A packed bus, in the afternoon heat, is much less animated.
Ok.
I get to the town about five minutes before the agreed upon time, which makes me about an hour early.
No matter. i watch kids and dogs and life fill the street outside the local school. im more unknown in this town, but recognized. little kids gaze at me. adults discreetly glance. i smile and wink. kids laugh. adults mostly smile, genuinely, and wish me a good day.
I am waiting for two different groups of people. One is the ADESCO. An ADESCO is some fucked up acronym for a local, civic development group. I have been working with this group since my arrival here six months ago. They represent the most intangible progress i have made as a volunteer. The ADESCO has roughly 100 members, but i work with the "board" of 7 leaders, called the "directiva." This community-formed group was created 15 months ago, but had not yet successfully obtained the legal documents and government recognition to be able to directly solicit aid from NGO's(domestic and international), government agencies, and whoever the fuck. Part of the problem was a breakdown in communication with the mayor's office. The other issue was, well, they were happy enough collecting a little money from the public and not developing projects. The other interest of this ADESCO, their primary reason for forming, was to manage the town's water. The water source is pumped in from a different jurisdiction, and has to be paid for. My mayor's office in my town, which also has to govern the surrounding towns and unfortunately neglects them, could not handle this task. Thus, the ADESCO was formed. After nearly a year, the group was not just content to manage the water system. They wanted to legalize themselves and solicit MONEY and HELP. That's when i showed up, having been trained how to help ADESCOs. We quickly told the mayor's office to get their shit together, and within four months of my arrival we were published in a government index as a legal ADESCO.
Since then, we've been slowly working with a few different organizations to address the most pressing issue this town faces: there not enough water, and what is available is contaminated with high levels of fluoride.......
.....a week later. we have met with a local NGO, a Spanish NGO with an office here, and we've established a relationship that im hoping leads to something. but that's all i want to say about that. a little glance into the "work" that im doing here. "to be continued."