ʻO ka papahana i kapa ʻia ʻo "Tourist Assistants", he manaʻo i loaʻa i ke Kuhina Hoʻokele o Panama, ʻo Rubén Blades i ka hopena o ka makahiki 2004. Ua hui ʻo ia me kahi pūʻulu o nā ʻōpio, ʻo lākou a pau nā lālā o ka hui mua mai nā wahi kaulana o Panama ma ka ʻO Washington Hotel ma Colon City. Ma keia halawai, ua wehewehe oia i kona makemake e hooko i ka papahana kahi e hiki ai ia lakou ke lilo i mau kokua makaikai ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa piha ʻana.
I ka manawa i hoʻokō ʻia ai ka papahana me nā lālā o ka hui mua mai San Felipe wahi i aʻo ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka mōʻaukala o Panama, nā ʻano maikaʻi, nā lula palekana a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania maʻamau i loko o kahi mahina 6 mahina, i ka manawa i loaʻa ai iā lākou kahi uku maʻamau me kēlā me kēia mahina. ke kumu o ke kōkua ʻana iā lākou e haʻalele i kā lākou mau hana kahiko a hoʻomaka i kahi ola hou a maikaʻi aʻe.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka papahana he 6 mahina wale nō, akā ma muli o ka pane maikaʻi i loaʻa iā ia, ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ia no ka manawa pau ʻole a ke hoʻomau ʻia nei ka holomua me kahi o 100 mau mea komo.
Aia ka papahana i kēia manawa i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i loko o nā pilikia pilikanaka e like me nā haumāna kulanui a me nā haumāna puka kula kiʻekiʻe. Ke hoʻokō ʻia nei kēia papahana ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka makemake mākaʻikaʻi e like me nā uka, nā kahakai, nā panalāʻau waena a me ka International Airport o Tocumen.
Ma hope o ka ninaninau ʻana i nā mea kōkua i kā lākou wahi hana, ʻike mākou ua palekana lākou a mahalo i ka papahana.
ʻO Andrés Beckford, he 28 makahiki i hana ma ke ʻano he kōkua mākaʻikaʻi no ʻelua makahiki a me ka hapa: "Ua hoʻololi kēia papahana i koʻu ola a me ke ola o koʻu ʻohana. ʻO kaʻu wahine he 5 mau mahina hāpai a ʻaʻohe oʻu hana i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu i kēia manawa. I kēlā manawa ua manaʻo wau ʻo ia koʻu manawa e hoʻomaikaʻi ai iaʻu iho. Ua aʻo mai lākou iaʻu i nā waiwai a me nā wahi maoli i loko o ke kaiāulu. A laila, aʻo lākou iaʻu i nā wahi like ʻole e like me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania kumu, ka mōʻaukala o ka Old Quarter, nā mākau kamaʻilio, a me nā mea hou aku.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo José Uno, he 24 makahiki ʻē aʻe ma ka papahana: “ʻAʻole maopopo ka poʻe i ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai i kēlā me kēia lā. Mahalo i kēia papahana, hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi iā lākou i ka ʻike piha e pili ana i ia wahi a me nā monuments mōʻaukala. He mea maikaʻi e hiki ke ʻike hou aku ka poʻe e pili ana iā mākou, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ke hiki lākou i ʻaneʻi, ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi mea hoʻokele huakaʻi a alakaʻi paha. Aia mākou ma Old Quarter i kēlā me kēia lā e hana ana ma ke ʻano he hui a aia ke kamaʻilio nui ma waena o mākou āpau. A ʻo ka mea nui loa ke uku ʻia nei mākou no kēia hana a hiki iā mākou ke pale aku i ka hewa a me ka hana ʻino.
I kēia manawa, ua ana ʻia ka holomua o kēia papahana ma muli o ka ʻoluʻolu o nā kamaʻāina o San Felipe, nā mākaʻikaʻi, a me nā mea kōkua mākaʻikaʻi, i hiki ke hoʻololi i ko lākou ola. I kekahi mau hihia, ua hoʻolimalima mau nā lawelawe kōkua mākaʻikaʻi iā lākou e hana i kā lākou ʻoihana.
