Update from our new volunteer
Céline’s
first week in
I left the Reef hotel in
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| Céline helping student Dita |
After three days of heavy rain, on Wednesday Olives
rehabilitation centre could finally reopen after the holidays. I was very happy
when school finally started; since I arrived on Saturday at the volunteer
house, it was raining almost the whole time which meant I didn’t get to leave.
We prepared our lessons for Tuesday but because of the heavy rain the school
was flooded and it was not possible to get there.
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| Madam Céline and Mister Steve in the classroom |
My first day at Olives was just amazing. Tom, the education officer, introduced
the new volunteers to each class. In the different classes the children sang
for us, welcomed us and made us smile. For me it was very emotional, I had not
even spent a week in Mombasa
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| Céline reading with some of her standard 5 students |
After being introduced, me and Steve, another volunteer, had our first English
lesson with standard 5. We introduced ourselves again and we asked the kids to
say their names. Afterwards we read a story from the textbook and the kids had to
answer some questions. In the afternoon we had one lesson: creative arts. We
wanted the kids to write their names, and for each letter of their name they
had to draw an animal. I was surprised to see that there are many good drawers
in the class. Steve and I liked some of the drawings so much that we stuck our
favourites on the wall in our room.
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| The wall of fame |
It seems like ages ago since I arrived and I really like our class, I’m sure we
will have a good 3 months together. I’m looking forward to everything that will
come.
By volunteer Céline Ziegler
By volunteer Céline Ziegler
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