Now I'm already over 3 months here in Ecuador and it is already time for my first progress report for the Weltwaerts program, then later I will publish here on the blog!
Unfortunately, there are currently many problems in the project in which I work. The project is managed by the volunteers here, although we really should be used only for support.
This result for us far too long hours, virtually no free time and responsibility for 18 young people. Cooperation with our boss, with the psychologist, social worker and the other Volunteers as a team does not always optimal.
It is already several times happened that our boss James before the children talked bad about us. For us as volunteers, it is anyway difficult to get respect from the children because they come from quite difficult circumstances and have therefore enjoyed no good education. When James then use about even denigrates our children from the course for yourself. Do you mean the right to have our work concretise and tell us what we have to do.
We also have very few rights. We are in many ways among the children. For example, we may not use the music, for they could go broke, the However, children already. Even when eating the children come first and then we wake to. Nor shall the children öffters longer and use the Internet.
Our boss complains unfortunately much rum in our work and says we would not be enough (for a day over 13 hours!).
We also now have just one key ring for all volunteers, which means that we must constantly look for the keys, and then sometimes it has taken anyone by mistake when he left the Granja. The
Schluesselsuchen already starts at 8 o'clock in the morning (we do have free until 8:30, but after 8 h there is no breakfast for us more, if at all then something is there).
The cook is then just at home and the kitchen too. Accordingly, we of course need the keys, which could be everywhere. If they can not be found, we can not eat first.
we can now only wash once a week. Each has its proper washing day and laundry detergent, we will pay for itself now, arguing that it would cost little more than a beer a month. Where we of course do not consume alcohol or smoke any cigarettes with us allowed. James himself, of course, already, even though he claims not to do.
The regulations for the national volunteers are even stricter. They are generally not allowed to smoke or drink and have no girlfriend. In addition, they have never been free (no Weekends), except at Christmas for a few days.
addition James is always stormed into our house without knocking, when something disturbs him again. Which means that we have less privacy, as we have anyway, because some child always knocking on our door and some would like.
next week Monday or Tuesday we have a conversation with all employees, the Padre, Vladimir (an important person from the project in Quito) and the head of my organization here.
If circumstances do not improve, then pull Ciko and I in a host family in order not to have to work constantly. If that's still not help, then we change the project to a Another project to Quito.
The Everything should be up to 20 December, decided.
So until then, Best regards!
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