it´s the beginning of week two.
myself and some of the other volunteers went to an ecological reserve overnight on saturday. i got to paddle in a canoe and see brightly coloured birds, crocodiles (cocodrilos) and monkeys!! that was pretty cool. what wasn´t so cool was not having water (pepsi was readily available) and being told that there were bugs in our cabin that could kill you.... we realized after a few minutes that this is an expression.
i really need to work on my spanish.
the language barrier is a constant frustration for me, and i find it somewhat difficult to innitiate activities when i´m not able to think of the right words.
so - i´ve signed up for spanish classes. my first class was supposed to be today at 3pm, however, there was a fire at the spanish school on friday, so no class today... tomorrow? maybe.
i´m still trying to let everything around me sink in. i´m trying to let the fact that i´ll be here for 5 months sink in. i know they need me here, they need long term volunteers, but i´m not sure what my role will be here exactly. i´m trying not to get frustrated with the unknown.
as of right now i´m working with the kinder in the mornings. eventually i will be teaching creative classes in the afternoon. but these things require some organization and will probably not come into consistant play until things settle down around here (there are many volunteers leaving and arriving right now, so things are a bit chaotic).
i´m glad i brought my guitar. the kids seem to like it. they want to smack it and pull on the strings and turn the tuning knobs... but i figure that´s what i´d want to do with it too if i wasnt used to seeing a guitar...
i know we´re supposed to keep a level of discipline with the kids, but it´s hard when i know i´d be doing the exact same bad things if i was their age.... when they´re using elastic bands as sling shots i´m tempted to teach them how to make a more effective ¨gun¨with their hands - this, however, would be inappropriate.
today was a bit of a write off, as we had two new volunteers visiting the kinder in the morning, so of course it turned into a mad house once they had to leave....
ok. this is becoming a bit of a ramble!
i´ll just end with a quick note about donations:
the organization is run 100% on volunteers. they keep a few employees for maintanance, security and two live in caretakers of the children. they are very short on sponsors and have had to put a few things on hold because of it. also, just the basic food costs are not being met as the prices of food have gone up 30% in the past few months. so if you have anything to spare financially, go to the link on this blog for helping honduras kids and send something out. i ensure you it´s being put to great use!!
myself and some of the other volunteers went to an ecological reserve overnight on saturday. i got to paddle in a canoe and see brightly coloured birds, crocodiles (cocodrilos) and monkeys!! that was pretty cool. what wasn´t so cool was not having water (pepsi was readily available) and being told that there were bugs in our cabin that could kill you.... we realized after a few minutes that this is an expression.
i really need to work on my spanish.
the language barrier is a constant frustration for me, and i find it somewhat difficult to innitiate activities when i´m not able to think of the right words.
so - i´ve signed up for spanish classes. my first class was supposed to be today at 3pm, however, there was a fire at the spanish school on friday, so no class today... tomorrow? maybe.
i´m still trying to let everything around me sink in. i´m trying to let the fact that i´ll be here for 5 months sink in. i know they need me here, they need long term volunteers, but i´m not sure what my role will be here exactly. i´m trying not to get frustrated with the unknown.
as of right now i´m working with the kinder in the mornings. eventually i will be teaching creative classes in the afternoon. but these things require some organization and will probably not come into consistant play until things settle down around here (there are many volunteers leaving and arriving right now, so things are a bit chaotic).
i´m glad i brought my guitar. the kids seem to like it. they want to smack it and pull on the strings and turn the tuning knobs... but i figure that´s what i´d want to do with it too if i wasnt used to seeing a guitar...
i know we´re supposed to keep a level of discipline with the kids, but it´s hard when i know i´d be doing the exact same bad things if i was their age.... when they´re using elastic bands as sling shots i´m tempted to teach them how to make a more effective ¨gun¨with their hands - this, however, would be inappropriate.
today was a bit of a write off, as we had two new volunteers visiting the kinder in the morning, so of course it turned into a mad house once they had to leave....
ok. this is becoming a bit of a ramble!
i´ll just end with a quick note about donations:
the organization is run 100% on volunteers. they keep a few employees for maintanance, security and two live in caretakers of the children. they are very short on sponsors and have had to put a few things on hold because of it. also, just the basic food costs are not being met as the prices of food have gone up 30% in the past few months. so if you have anything to spare financially, go to the link on this blog for helping honduras kids and send something out. i ensure you it´s being put to great use!!
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