Sorry I have not posted my last blog until now. Just the whirlwind of all the goodbyes and coming home I have finally came to settle down and write about my last week at Peace House
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| Football Kids |
My last weeks at Peace House were sad and busy. Chris and I wanted to get the football performance for the kids finalized because they were to perform in a week. We both have really enjoyed teaching the kids football for the past month and a half and they have really improved. They are all very excited to practice and scrimmage each week. The game actually occurred when I was home and Chris emailed me saying that it was a blast. The kids got free footballs and t-shirts at the game and the performance at the half time went great. Chris said that they were all so happy and proud of themselves. The game was filmed by The Discovery Channel and Travel Channel. I hope to catch the game sometime here I just have to figure out when!
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| Watching Planet Earth |
I also spent my last week painting a volunteer house but it was more fun hanging out with the kids after class in the library. We finally got a T.V. set up in the library with a DVD player and we watched Planet Earth and National Geographic DVD’s. The kids loved it and were so interested in all that they were learning about the world and other cultures. Also on Saturdays the kids get to watch a movie as well. The movies are usually those filmed all around the world not just Hollywood films. It was a Nigerian film in English but it was still hard to understand. I just enjoyed the style of film and made sure to laugh when the other students were laughing, otherwise they would ask me why I did not think it was funny.
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| The Dissection |
I was able to be apart of the student’s first dissection of a Rabbit. Ben, a new volunteer lead the dissection and the kids really enjoyed it. They were so thrilled because they have only been able to see the parts in a book and now they were able to see and be a little hands on. The kids don’t get grossed out by much and we caught a few kids just touching the parts with there bare hands then putting them back in there pockets. I guess our culture worries more about little things like that then theirs. We made sure that all the kids cleaned up well after the dissection and wash their hands thoroughly before they touched anything else.
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| Sad goodbye to Arnold |
Time came for the goodbyes and it was very tough for everyone. There was a final meal celebration for Julien and I. All of the kids were very sad to say goodbye and few wrote us some very nice letters that we will always keep around. Along the way I have met some very great people. The staff was great, the volunteer coordinators Tyler and Karina were so helpful and became great friends to me, the kids were so amazing and I know I am going to stay in touch with. Lastly the friends that I have gotten so close with and lived with the last three months: Simon, Chris, and Julien. I planned this trip alone and these are the people that I got to really know and I will never forget. I had a great experience and I hope if anyone is to have this opportunity, they should take it! Feel free to contact me.
Also thanks to all of those who have made my trip to Peace House possible! I hope to share more photos of the trip with everyone.
Farewell
Chase
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| Bye Arusha |
