Teaching at Olives
My
Experience at Olive Rehabilitation Centre teaching Standard 4
Having
travelled many places before, I’ve never been as nervous as I was
going to Kenya. My nerves were instantly settled the moment I met
the rest of the volunteers of whom I was about to spend the next two
weeks with! It was almost as if we became an instant family.
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| Francis with fellow volunteers enjoying lunch in a local village cafe |
As amazing as
the rest of the volunteers were, I don’t think I’ll ever get the
opportunity to meet such inspiring people as those being the teachers
and especially children at Olives Rehabilitation Centre!
My first
lesson that I planned for the children was alphabetical order. The
satisfaction that I felt after explaining to the children the way I
put words into alphabetical order, then hearing them whispering the
alphabet to themselves the way that I had just shown them moments
ago was indescribable!  |
| Francis with fellow teaching partner Maddie and Standard 4 |
I also taught
the children creative arts however the best times were taking the
children to the field for P.E. The girls would skip and the boys
would play soccer! The way the children respect and care for one
another would set an incredible standard for children across the
world to look up to.
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| Volunteer Francis enjoying playtime with his students |
One of my most
memorable experiences was a day when I was walking in Bombolulu after
school had finished, some of the children from my class had spotted
me from afar! “Sir! Sir!” at the top of their lungs they would
yell and come sprinting from a distance just to say hello even though
I’d spent most of the day in class with them. This made me happier
than I’ve ever been before as at that moment I thought perhaps the
children liked having me around just as much as I liked being there!
My one regret
is only spending two weeks at Olives! I wish I could still be
experiencing the most amazing time of my life.
By volunteer Francis
Morello.
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