Hey everyone,
Sorry to not post in a while; I haven't had the internet connection and have been really busy. Anyway, the day after I rested i felt so much better and the next day I went to Mercy care centre and started talking to the older girls and guys. I felt like I got to know them very well and played sport with them. I talked with some of the year 8 kids and they started talking to me about the riots that happened; which was very powerful. They showed me some areas that had been burnt and told me what happened. This next week I will be filming the children's stories and some of them will talk about the violence. It is awful to hear what they have been through but their attitude towards life amazes me. I was walking through the slum with some of the girls and one girl pointed out her home, which was a tiny shack. She also showed me areas where homes had been burnt. And then she said something I will never forget, "We are proud to live here. We are just happy we have life.We just take life as it comes." I was blown away!!
I taught some of the older girls hip hop! It was a crack up! Well first we put on music and started a dance party out in the streets; all the little baby class was grooving away, oh it made my day! And the older girls were SO excited to learn it was awesome; I pulled out some of my cool moves. They were very impressed :P They are also very impressed by my soccer skills :P
I have some exciting news that some of the children receieved the letters that people from CCH sent them a while ago. Some of them will write letters back which I will deliver. They were very thankful!
I had a very amazing day :)
Sorry to not post in a while; I haven't had the internet connection and have been really busy. Anyway, the day after I rested i felt so much better and the next day I went to Mercy care centre and started talking to the older girls and guys. I felt like I got to know them very well and played sport with them. I talked with some of the year 8 kids and they started talking to me about the riots that happened; which was very powerful. They showed me some areas that had been burnt and told me what happened. This next week I will be filming the children's stories and some of them will talk about the violence. It is awful to hear what they have been through but their attitude towards life amazes me. I was walking through the slum with some of the girls and one girl pointed out her home, which was a tiny shack. She also showed me areas where homes had been burnt. And then she said something I will never forget, "We are proud to live here. We are just happy we have life.We just take life as it comes." I was blown away!!
I taught some of the older girls hip hop! It was a crack up! Well first we put on music and started a dance party out in the streets; all the little baby class was grooving away, oh it made my day! And the older girls were SO excited to learn it was awesome; I pulled out some of my cool moves. They were very impressed :P They are also very impressed by my soccer skills :P
I have some exciting news that some of the children receieved the letters that people from CCH sent them a while ago. Some of them will write letters back which I will deliver. They were very thankful!
I had a very amazing day :)
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