Monday, 7 July 2008

First Day: Gigdev and Maltiti Child Foundation

Im just about to finish the first day in Gigdev and today... well not much has happened. My mentor was only really half here and the only thing I know about is that I will be completely incapable of helping with sewing and doing haircuts.

Tomorrow will be better though, in the morning I will be doing literacy, numeracy and computing (there is a place in town where we take the children). There is also a nursery here where some of the girls in Gigdev can keep their children whilst they learn how to sew etc. I also asked why there aren't many english lessons and was told that there are not enough teachers so I might help teach English in the afternoons when not much is happening.

Joel

Hello I'm on my break from working at Maltiti Child Foundation. It's a really great organisation that focuses on the development of children. I visited some of the schools they support as well as a school they built in a nearby village to stop the children having to walk one a half miles to school. The conditions of the schools I saw were shocking when I think of my school at home. Later I will be going to the afterschool activities they run for the children. I'm not sure exactly what I'll be doing as I am first getting an idea of all the various projects MCF run. I really hope I can be of help here.

Pnina

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