today has been quite a good one. Most activities went along smoothly and everyone was in high spirits, despite yesterday's emotional sequence. Because most of the leadership workshops have now concluded, i decided to help out with the english curriculum and got involved in some teaching. So this afternoon I helped out three little girls with their English, aged between 7 and 9. I find it very amazing that despite the language barrier, teaching another language to a child has not been as difficult as I anticipated. Given that more effort and time has to be put into the child during the interaction; the process taking place in the class room has been a very enriching and self-discovering experience. I never once expected I would be able to sit so patiently for 1.5 hours with a child, and more amazingly actually having them behave themselves. The interest in the subject and the enthusiasm for learning is truly AWESOME; even more so for children with such unfortunate backgrounds.
In the last 8 days, not only has the team worked against challenging odds to reach our goals, we have in the process also developed our own independent project which we hope to see become a reality. On the cards currently include:
1. Long-term Donation for Binh Loi shelter and Can Gio shelter, by means of an online system; which will also serve to sustain and develop the work that PV08 has done
2. Engaging NGOs to increase their awareness of such needs in some areas/communities of HCM.
3. Increase awareness of the work by PV08, by means of a project blog and possible website.
I really hope to see the fruits of our labour go a long long way, whether it last 1 month or 1 year or even 10 years, the impact this project has left on us individually, the children, and the mentees will be a milestone in all our lives.
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