Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Small Flowers
Today was an extremely hot day here in Ha Noi. Ms. Canh, myself and the kids were all in the doldrums because of the heat. Ms. Canh had one of the students give me some small, white flowers. These have such a beautiful fragrance, it help liven me up as I went through the drill with the kids-- body parts: arm, hand, foot, leg, stomach, nose, eye, ear, mouth, hair. Then we had a visitor, who is also a travel to teach volunteer. Linden is originally from Wales but lives in Italy. (His wife is Italian.) He brought a lot of different materials including notebooks and colored pens. Linden helped out, as we went over counting, and ABCs with the children and he put a spark into them.
Linden is just finishing up his stint with volunteering and wished he could've made it to Peace Village sooner. He really enjoyed working with the kids and recognized at once there need for individual help. I feel honored to have worked at this school all my time here, as the kids here truly need as much help as can be mustered. Some volunteer programs actually work with kids who are rathered priviledged. Many of our kids have difficulty walking, many have developmental disabilities. But most of the kids try very hard to learn and overcome their circumstances. The ones who don't "try" are kids who are difficult to reach usually autistic who lives in their own world of fear or imagination.
Linden is just finishing up his stint with volunteering and wished he could've made it to Peace Village sooner. He really enjoyed working with the kids and recognized at once there need for individual help. I feel honored to have worked at this school all my time here, as the kids here truly need as much help as can be mustered. Some volunteer programs actually work with kids who are rathered priviledged. Many of our kids have difficulty walking, many have developmental disabilities. But most of the kids try very hard to learn and overcome their circumstances. The ones who don't "try" are kids who are difficult to reach usually autistic who lives in their own world of fear or imagination.
