Daily work

Hey You,
another day has passed and it was such a great day. It was the first real day of my internship.

At six a.m. we girls get up and helped Bijan with the breakfast. Bijan talked to us about our taskes for today. We could decide if we want to work in the kindergarden and play with the young children or we help the teachers in class. Maja and I decided to help in the school. After the breakfast some of our  group members and all the students walked together to the school building. The school belongs to the children's home but is located at the end of the street. The walk wasn't really long but really impressiv. The street was full of waste and everywhere sat homeless peoples. The pictures of this street are going round in my head so far.

https://www.zypresseunterwegs.de/2017/02/05/
eine-kurze-stadtrundfahrt-durch-johannesburg/

The class was very different to German class. The respect and the deailing with rules and standards is very important in african schools. A student has to present the school with good manners. For example is the wearing of school uniform very important and you have to be proud of it. Also traditions especially christan values are important. Every week there is an "assembly". All children speak a prayer and sing the national anthem. The language of the school is english because there a so many different languages for each region of south africa.

At 14:30 p.m. the last lesson ended and we collected all children and went back to the children's home. After lunch we helped with the homework of the kids and played with them. The head told us that we could offer a workshop for the afternoon. The boys were playing football with the children and Maja and I offered a workshop for the younger children. We were crafting and drawing together with the children and had a good time.
At 17 p.m. we had to do a really unpleasant job. We had to clean the sanitation and emptying the...
No matter, after this task we had a little bit free time and could relaxing. The rest of the day was similar to the last. Helping with the dinner, putting the children to bed and so on.

The day was very exhausting but also I had a lot of wonderful moments with the kids.

See you soon
- Alicia

Sources:
https://www.multikultur.info/freiwilligenarbeit-suedafrika-projekte.html
https://www.travelworks.de/schueleraustausch-suedafrika/schulsystem-suedafrika.html

(26.05.17)