Visit to Africa gives valley woman new look on life in America
83 views · Published 2 January 2012 · 1:28 · Indexed 23 October 2026
Channel: CBS Rio Grande Valley · 2012 · News & Politics
It was an eye opening experience. Something that might only come once in a lifetime, and it was an opportunity Cecilia Olivarez says she wasn't going to pass up.
During her stay in Central Africa Cecilia says she experienced real poverty as she wathed children go days without food, water, and even clean clothes.
She says there is a need right here in the U.S., but there is also help available. She says in Africa there is no help, no government assistance, nothing.
As Cecilia re-lives her days in Africa she can't help but smile at some of the shildren she came in contact with and hopes to one day see again.
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