Playing games with our kids and teaching in their school

Hello everybody!
We thank the Dutch people for their numerous reactions, it’s such a comfort. We miss you too. We are glad we can stay in touch with all of you.
 
Our life-as-free-as-a-bird is temporally over, we took over the schedule of an orphanage and school. In the morning we greet ‘our’ kids in the orphanage while they are busy putting their little uniform, knot, tie .. in a long cue from small to tall we are walking the way to school. There starts a peculiar show. 700 children rigid in rows perform military gymnastic exercises on command of the principle while singing their school song. We hold our laughter when afterwards they are marching dead seriously to their class room. As far for discipline. Perhaps it’s because next week there is a 10 days holiday, but in their class room they are doing their own business. School seems to be occupation therapy. In fact the pupils still are rather disciplined. Sometimes they have free because a teacher doesn’t show up, and they make a lot of noise, but they don’t make a mess of it as they would do over here. Nevertheless for most of them we seem to be an interesting occupation. In Ulrike ‘s class they subscribe ‘Art by’ and their name under their drawing. In Steve’s class they make power point presentations about their school and their town, some of them with plenty of animations in it. Others unashamed start playing patience after a while.
 
But at four o’clock pm we start entertaining our kids at the freedom children welfare centre. It’s a small cosy home with a little back yard and a kitchen garden. There is a boys room and a girls room with stacked beds. There are few toys, but they are doing their homework carefully and are glad with their English words, their cards, pencils and cage with white mice, their TV hour, some balloons. Such darlings, cute and affectionate. Our only task is to give them hugs and attention and play games together. Steve started with karate lessons, hilarious! 
Krishna, Kumari and Kamala are responsible for the daily care for the children and also for us they are very caring. The website gives information about everybody. http://www.freedomchildrenwelfarecenter.com/
The time we are spending here is totally different. Teaching gives us the feeling that we really take a part in the daily life in the country we’re visiting. The family in the FCWC provides us with real contact and a feeling of being at home.
 
                        Pictures of the children and the school
Report from 9/10/2007, translated by Mieke


Steve and Ulrike
10/10/2007 - 7:02

Thank you

Dear Stive

Krishna
28/07/2009 - 19:18

Thank you

Dear Stive abd

Krishna
28/07/2009 - 19:18