Day 3
After a hearty breakfast, we set off to the orphanage. When
we got there, we split into the building and teaching groups and started doing
the tasks that we were allocated to. For the building team, we continued with
our usual practice of making cement and plastering the walls. We got better at
it as compared to the previous two days.
For the teaching team, we had sports lessons today. We started off with ice breaking games like whacko. Initially, we were uncertain on whether the kids would cooperate with us but we came to realize that our worries were for nothing as they participated actively. We also played H2O where we observed how caring the children were towards each other such as when the older children took good care of the younger ones.
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| Playing Whacko |
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| Playing H2O |
We then had lunch and interacted with the children. We were
much closer to the kids as compared to when we first met them. However at the
same time, as we got closer to the children, we started to worry about how the
children would feel after we left. Will they feel abandoned? Nonetheless, we
will still appreciate each and every moment we have with the kids.
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| Playing an Indonesian childhood game |
One memorable experience today was when we were picking the
litter on the ground before we left. Picki, a kid from the orphanage, was
curious about what we were doing. After demonstrating to him (despite the
language barrier) using hand languages on how to clear the litter, he was able
to pick up what was conveyed. His enthusiasm told us that it was not because
that the children did not want to throw their rubbish properly but that they
were not taught and that they did not have proper dustbins to dispose
their litter.
As a team, we decide that we are going to conduct a session
where we are going to inculcate good habits such as proper disposal of rubbish
and sharing of toys tomorrow.
Hopefully the next few days will be even more fun,
fulfilling and enriching!
By Loh Yi Ting, Rachael Ng Zhi Jun, Liang Qian Hong
5th Saints Advocate
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