Hello my friends!
So here on my blog not to give the impression that I would only stay here and enjoy life, I write to you today a little of my life here in the project "Chicos de la calle" on the Salesianos La Granja (farm) Don Bosco in the vicinity of Ambato.
My day starts at half past eight, when I get up. Then I make ready and have breakfast (often, unfortunately, rice!), Then to go at half past eight in the Oficina (Office) from the social worker Diana. She tells me then what's to do in the morning. The children at the time are mostly in school, although they have quite often freely from a variety of reasons. If that's the case, or when new guys come into the project, which still have no school place, the other four volunteers (Hermel, Andres, Kevin, Ciko) and Pursuing the children. Then we make with the children such as sports, Rooms to clean the houses, or care for the children with their homework. If the children are in school, however, tells me to Diana other tasks. Often I have to escuela (primary school) or colegio (high school) to me to inquire whether the guys who live on the Granja and between 11 and 16 years old, behave well in school and how their grades are. But I usually go with one of the national volunteer at school. Alone I would not even understand everything, tell what the teachers.
Once I drove together with my boss James and Hermel to a escuela. Since the boss was, we went by car. Otherwise, we walk or take the bus. In any case, sat Hermel and James, who is often just called "injeniero" because he has studied the front. We talked a little, and James asked me if I would really take off because if I came back home. I then said I would like to study after this year and so happy to move to another city would then live without my parents. I also said that it was in Germany as usual. (In Ecuador, most women live with their families until they marry and then move with her husband. Alive So for example, the social worker (24 years) even with her family.)
then began to James laugh and nudges Hermel, and burst out laughing: "Look Oh, that's really like in the movies!"
If we are not in school in the morning have to go to shop with me, prepare for another day, helping in the kitchen, sort the files of the children or doing something on the PC. Total of of my work almost always something the whole morning, but my work could just as well make the social worker or psychologist who works full time, unfortunately, in Facebook, instead of seriously taking care of the problems and concerns of children.
In any case, I would have gladly released the mornings, because my day starts here, just getting started. Gina, the head of vase, my organization here in Ecuador in the next few days to talk with the Padre (Father) of Salesianos and ask if Ciko and I have the mornings free.
at 12:45 h, we then prepare the dining room for the guys in front of the Granja and about 70 other schoolchildren. This means: put down chairs, tables, wipe, distribute cups and spoons, Jugo (juice) and broth distribute and carry the food from the kitchen over.
at 13:15 the children will then be formatted before eating space. The boys in a row, the girls in a row and the boys of the Granja (there are now 20, as 2 new have come) in an extra row. So they know when there is food, the siren that is sounded like a fire alarm is activated and quite loud.
After all formatted, we shall sometimes Haendedesinfektionszeug for the children, then prayed and sometimes even played a little game. Then the children are allowed in the dining room and then we distribute the food, which is always rice with chicken and a little salad. If each child has eaten something, we go with the rest geblebenen presided over in the kitchen and eat something herself. The food is then of course, usually more or less cold and a lot of time to eat is never, because at 14:10 it's already on with the homework. There I had a wonderful group, consisting of about 10 children (including girls !!!). The children in my group are about 9 years old and in grade three. The homework does to understand a lot of fun, even if it sometimes is difficult for me to do their homework and questions. This takes it to 15:45, where the children can go play when they are done (actually read or are they there to learn, but of course that does not make sense I do not think that children want to play sometimes).
There is a wide street in front of the Granja, have to cross the children must walk every day another volunteer with the road. Previously, the children have to reformat again, and pray, which is pretty annoying, because the children have no desire to come and format itself.
general every day is a volunteer responsible for the fact that everything works. My day is always in charge Thursday. As such, I find that, with the relevant days now makes sense, but you will be quickly held accountable for things that can prevent or have not been able to screw up the other. One can not always be everywhere, for that is the Granja simply too great.
about 16 hours then continue with the AGs. Tuesdays and Thursdays and I have Ciko together founded a Grafitty-Ag, the important really good and the boys. First, they still practice drawing and in a few weeks we will be spraying. If the AG is over, we want perhaps starting a circus-AG, because the guys can juggle pretty well, for example, and it also like to do (maybe have also deserves some of their money earlier at red lights on the street?) On the other days is sports, the boys then usually play football. Sometimes we also carry out actions. We Were you eat with a few children in the center of an ice cream. Another time, we have carried out a Muellsammelakrion, each child was given garbage bags and an hour. In the end, the garbage bags were weighed and gekuehrt the first three winners. Or do we work in the fields planting with the children or something.
In between, there are still a type of coffee drink, which consists of either a fruit or popcorn that prepare the responsible volunteer or get, but have mainly dealt. Ciko and I have to write down caught, who has already got something else because the kids always try to get more, or say they have not yet come. If anything is left over we have to be careful always in a good mood, because the children can unfortunately quite fast and good things can disappear.
After the groups of the boys have to take a shower then at 18h, which they unfortunately have no desire. Many also do not understand why they felt the need for a shower and have a different Hygieneverstaendnis and hold the argument that it does not smell good either as offensive or as convincingly. Consequently, this time usually the most stressful.
order is about 19:00 then food, the other by a cook, as prepared in the morning and at noon, which is totally sweet. It requires that children who have the service or help Kuechendienst.
After the food is still the "Buenas noches" in which we make bracelets, beibrigen the children a little German and English, some crafts, watch a religious movie, sing and play guitar or mandalas paint depending on what day it is even.
The mandala painting has to relaxing music works really well. The boys were relatively quiet and calm. If someone else has a good idea of what we could do with buenas noches, I am always grateful for good tips;).
22h have to order the children are asleep then.
We the "Systema de Ficha", comparable to the well-known from the educational system token, the previous volunteers have taken over. This means that the children get for anything they do on the day, ie from buenas dias buenas noches to the Smileys, either happy, normal or look sad. for 20 children and about 8 criteria that is pretty much work. The panel, to which we stick all the smiley faces is about 1.2 times 1.8 m tall and has a correspondingly large number of smiley faces. At the end of the week the winners of the system will receive a prize, eg pizza or pancakes. to threaten with bad Smileys therefore works very well if the children do things again that will not do. One child has been introduced since this system we have turned 180 degrees and even won last time! In any case, we have to stick in the evening nor the Smileys, and often falls asleep one of the volunteers (the national Volunteers have to get up as early as 6 hours to wake the children).
In any case, I have therefore no time to get to get out of the project and hope very soon to get the mornings free to then irgentetwas to do sports (3 times a day travelers have left their mark), Ambato to go to the center and go to school.
So now you know what I'm exaggerating here, the all day. More important to me is why the weekends when I come here, get away, because to live in the project has been exhausting, loud and stressful than I had imagined. Generally, it is the only volunteer in adolescent boys very stressful and difficult. am After the year I toughened in any case, what hygiene, wisecracks, violence and so much more concerned
Now on my last weekend! On Monday and Tuesday were holidays and so I worked on Saturday and then get on Monday still free. So it went on Saturday night in for me to Cuenca. I went for the first time so long (7 hours) alone bus. There I met up with almost all the volunteers from Quito. On the long weekend in Cuenca were fiestas with music, concerts, parties and great markets. In addition, we were in a nature park, where they are grown up into a mountain, which was at the height quite stressful and in some cases quite sharply.
The weekend was all around great! I'm at on Wednesday evening went back again and have to work again today.
Now is the entry made in any case far too long and my Internet connection away. We'll see when I publish the entry then!
greetings to Germany!
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