Boys Club

So today I went back out with the micro finance team. But today was different. Today we met with mostly jr. high aged boys. Ryan, a full time missionary, has started a program with these boys to try and instill in them the value of work and productivity. Here in the DR there are a lot of men who just don't work. The women have to pull a lot of the weight or there are family members who have made it to the US and send money back to live on exclusively.

So these boys are working for Ryan bucks which are used to buy things from Ryan. There are team leaders who keep track of boys on their team. They are responsible for finding odd jobs and assigning a Ryan Buck value to the work. It may be picking up trash, weeding, cleaning a wall, etc.. A parent must sign off that it was completed and random checks are made to keep them honest. Many times the boys are arguing their case for the work done. Also these teams are in competition with each other for earning things like a trip down to the river.

In This picture Ryan is meeting with one of the team leaders to discuss how things are going with the boys on his team and checking the work logged as being done.

This is another team leader who is filling out his paper work and documentation.

This video is of a boy who I was sent with to go check out the work he did. He was a little shocked when I pulled out my camera to document for Ryan if he did the work as he said. Ryan thought this would be a great incentive for the boys to do an extra good job.