Some photographs of the signs and posters in the UBECI office.
Lx
Friday, 2 September 2011
Volunteering Day Eleven: Sangolquí
Thursday 1 September 2011
And so here it is, my final day of volunteering. I'm not sure how much I've contributed to the children's lives, but they have certainly contributed to mine and touched me in a way I can't describe. It's hard work but the satisfaction I got from it was amazing. But this isn't goodbye, it's just the beginning. I'm really looking forward to telling more people about UBECI and staying involved.
The children were great today, we had lots of fun and I took loads of photographs, see next post.
Lx
And so here it is, my final day of volunteering. I'm not sure how much I've contributed to the children's lives, but they have certainly contributed to mine and touched me in a way I can't describe. It's hard work but the satisfaction I got from it was amazing. But this isn't goodbye, it's just the beginning. I'm really looking forward to telling more people about UBECI and staying involved.
The children were great today, we had lots of fun and I took loads of photographs, see next post.
Lx
Volunteering Day Ten: Villaflores
Wednesday 31 August 2011
I didn't go volunteering this morning. Instead I went boating in Parque La Alameda with three other volunteers. We had a lot of fun. The only minor problem was that our boat wouldn't turn left so we spent a lot of time going backwards to try and get where we wanted to go. Afterwards, we walked to the market in La Mariscal and did some souvenir shopping.
In the afternoon I was volunteering in Villaflores, not at a market but in a small public garden (well, it was actually the middle of a roundabout, but it felt like a garden!) only two blocks from the office. We played football, sang, did some maths exercises and generally had fun. It was lovely to be so close to the office and not have to take a bus there and back.
Lx
I didn't go volunteering this morning. Instead I went boating in Parque La Alameda with three other volunteers. We had a lot of fun. The only minor problem was that our boat wouldn't turn left so we spent a lot of time going backwards to try and get where we wanted to go. Afterwards, we walked to the market in La Mariscal and did some souvenir shopping.
In the afternoon I was volunteering in Villaflores, not at a market but in a small public garden (well, it was actually the middle of a roundabout, but it felt like a garden!) only two blocks from the office. We played football, sang, did some maths exercises and generally had fun. It was lovely to be so close to the office and not have to take a bus there and back.
Lx
Volunteering Day Nine: Chillogallo
Tuesday 30 August 2011
The start of my last week of volunteering. Very sad that the time has flown by so quickly. The Tuesday market is the biggest market of the week and there were once again lots of children there today, well over 50 I would say. There was also an adorable puppy there and I spent all morning carrying it around as it was too little to walk and we weren't quite sure which child it belonged too. As it is my last week I was allowed to take my camera with me to the market, post with photographs to follow. I was in charge of maths with the oldest age group. They had a worksheet with addition and subtraction exercises. I had to help some of them by lending extra fingers to add the larger numbers.
The local festival started today in Chillogallo. In the afternoon I was able to go and see some of the traditional dancing.
In the evening I went to the volunteer house for a pizza evening. You have never seen a group of people so excited at the thought of eating pizza! We had a great evening chatting and having fun.
A lovely day.
Lx
The start of my last week of volunteering. Very sad that the time has flown by so quickly. The Tuesday market is the biggest market of the week and there were once again lots of children there today, well over 50 I would say. There was also an adorable puppy there and I spent all morning carrying it around as it was too little to walk and we weren't quite sure which child it belonged too. As it is my last week I was allowed to take my camera with me to the market, post with photographs to follow. I was in charge of maths with the oldest age group. They had a worksheet with addition and subtraction exercises. I had to help some of them by lending extra fingers to add the larger numbers.
The local festival started today in Chillogallo. In the afternoon I was able to go and see some of the traditional dancing.
In the evening I went to the volunteer house for a pizza evening. You have never seen a group of people so excited at the thought of eating pizza! We had a great evening chatting and having fun.
A lovely day.
Lx
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