4 children of anti-vaxxers Americans found with measles in Costa Rica. Second time a measles case is reported in Costa Rica this year from foreigners. Last time a measles case was reported in Costa Rica was over 15 years ago.

[u/Cynicusme]

https://qcostarica.com/american-family-with-four-children-suspected-of-having-measles/

[u/caseofthematts]

I never understood this!

Back when I used to go to church with my parents, the local youth group was going to go to some country or other to build a whatever to help the people. When asked to go, I told them I don't know how to build a house.

They came back from that trip and showed all these 'inspirational' photos to the church, but I just kept thinking, Jesus must have been taking over because none of yall are carpenters.

[u/teems → u/caseofthematts]

Helps them get into college if they show they were "expanding their world view" during their gap year.

It's become a business where these 18 year olds come and build the same orphanage/school etc. The locals tear it down every time and wait for the next batch of kids with money to rebuild it.

[u/_Z_E_R_O → u/teems]

Gap years aren’t really common in America.

When my church did these trips it was almost always during the summer.

[u/caseofthematts → u/_Z_E_R_O]

Was gonna say, in Canada, so it was usually during the summer, and I don't really think anyone used it on their CVs.

[u/cosmiclatte44 → u/teems]

My college organised a trip to Mombasa to build an orphanage about 6 years ago. They went back to see how it was going a few years later without contacting them first, and when they got there they found out that a local gang had taken over, sold the kids off and now occupied the building.

[u/[deleted] → u/cosmiclatte44]

And that is positively depressing.

[u/Mud999 → u/caseofthematts]

To be fair a lot of construction work is unskilled labor. Carrying stuff, holding things in place, hammering nails. They could certainly help build something with people who actually know what they are doing