our days in Salvador Part 3: The Creche
Pernambues The creche was a periphery (poor neighborhood) is full of slums ... was terrible the size of this neighborhood ... not quantity of slums that have, but it was amazing. I was in front of a rich zone, where was the Shopping Salvador, the largest mall in Latin America.
To get there, we picked a bus that left us in the bottom of the favela and we had to wander a bit to get to the creche. We always went with the shirt of the institution and the people were very kind to us, we had no sense of danger is, although the first day we went a bit shit, lol
The institution works with children from 2 to 7 years in a project called "that Víveme or convivem crianças com or HIV, that is, are children living with AIDS virus This does not means that they have. Although the 2 nd day that you forget and only remember they are children who need your love and you just try to get a laugh.
The first day we got there, we did not expect, nor knew they were coming, yes we were teachers or engineers ... but Brazil is well, hopefully not going to be as organized as we are accustomed (Alfredo father's words.)
We really liked the beginning, because not saying we had to do, and we had one, not the teacher, or anything ... so we had to do because we know and let us participate.
When we met the profs, Isabela y Gabriela, we felt they did not want us there, but when they became more friends with them, which are understood to have people bow all day in class without the leave to do their work, develop their educational, because usually, the volunteers arrived, just not going to entertain and educate, and broke all their work. Isabela y Gabriela, 2 groups had the highest and were teachers. At the end we became very good colleagues and help us a lot of all. They were not of the institution, working for a government project named "crianças live" working in hospitals or in situations where education fails. Lovely ...
In another room, with the youngest, was Eder. It's where we made more educational activities, because they did much with it. Watch movies, music videos, ... the truth is that no training was to develop an educational project, so let anyone who will do it. A shame, pq are children and need little encouragement to overcome cane everything living, or at least forget for a moment. There came the breast to help, especially when bathing or eating, but there was always helping mom. The creche
had covered the basic needs: breakfast, shower, lunch, nap and snack. It was his primary goal, since in many cases, even following day, many of them do not eat anything.
The first days there were volunteers helping two Italians, Andrea and Charlotte, who were preparing a performance circus. The disorganization of them was almost worse than the Brazilians, but hey, the end is pretty cool.
And then we started our work seriously ... what we did was take the class, as we do in Spain, that children learn routines and rules ... a staple at this age ... But we found that these children were not able to be calm, nor did they work routines, so, we teach a lot of English songs and games, the days of the week, greetings ,.... we made our corner of the drawings that we of our children in Spain, ... We even have a pirate party!
One day we celebrate the birthday of Father Alfredo ... the children could not come to the store until ready to eat, because we had to collect and organize all ... Brazil is well ... (This is to suspend classes for one party in the evening, they did several times ...)
the last day farewell party with cookies and balloons for all ... and had a best gift to us and everything! :)
soon, small ...
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