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Soongies' Great Adventure
Our first proper day of volunteering! A driver drove us (along with another 4 volunteers) to the school. The school is located in a very poor area of Nairobi. It is a charity school which means these children get to attend a school which is better than the state school. Apparently it is typical for there to be about 100 kids in each class at the state schools and the children get treated very poorly so this is a much better alternative for children.
There are 2 teachers at this school so they rely on volunteers to help support the children's learning. We were at the school from about 9:30 to 2:30 helping the students (ranging in age from 2 and a half to 13) with their school work. We didn’t have to get up in front of the class to teach – we just went around the class helping out when needed or waited for the kids to come to us to mark their work. It was really interesting to see how a classroom can run with such limited resources! The resources they have comprise a blackboard, paper, pencils, pens, erasers and rulers. They have some books and puzzles (but not a lot). We had rice for lunch (as did the children) but nothing for recess!
Once we got back to the house, we played cards and then went for a walk around the streets (and bought some pineapple). We also met another volunteer, Laura, from Perth – she had been on safari the last few days. There’s nothing like meeting another Australian! We had a yummy dinner at the house comprising lentils, rice and chapatti.
There are 2 teachers at this school so they rely on volunteers to help support the children's learning. We were at the school from about 9:30 to 2:30 helping the students (ranging in age from 2 and a half to 13) with their school work. We didn’t have to get up in front of the class to teach – we just went around the class helping out when needed or waited for the kids to come to us to mark their work. It was really interesting to see how a classroom can run with such limited resources! The resources they have comprise a blackboard, paper, pencils, pens, erasers and rulers. They have some books and puzzles (but not a lot). We had rice for lunch (as did the children) but nothing for recess!
Once we got back to the house, we played cards and then went for a walk around the streets (and bought some pineapple). We also met another volunteer, Laura, from Perth – she had been on safari the last few days. There’s nothing like meeting another Australian! We had a yummy dinner at the house comprising lentils, rice and chapatti.
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