After 4 week in India, i finally started to ove on my own> right now i'm in jaisalmer, a hotel renuka, in a double room only for me and with private bathroom for .... 250Rs/night (less than 5 euros). I tried to bargain, but impossible. also i think it's possible to get a double room with private bahtroom cheaper, BUT here it's clean! ... and close to the street market :-) AND i got a balconet ... but the view is boring and uninteressant.
Well, i got hot shower!! kind of luxury here!
Now internet is a bit faster, i can take time to write a long article, and tell what happened during this 3 last weeks at shiv.
THE CAMP
We were 11 volunteers the 1st week, then 10, from 18 to 29 years old. 6 guides were working there. They helped us to prepare the class, and for the translation during the lessons. 3 kitchen staffs, 3 house working staff, 1 bus driver are also working there.
I have been in a hat with one australian girl and one german girl. It was a basic hat, with beds and bathroom. of course, no shower. we washed ourself with buckets. it was nice for me. something different.
we have had one visitor last week: a mouse. but no rats. it's only interested in the kitchen. i saw a rat twice. strange sensation... but i'm in india!
food was nice, but no spicy, it's a pity.
THE WORKING AREA
* The morning i was working in a day care center with kids from 2 to 7 years old. the only thing they knew, was "what is your name?" ... and the good morning and good evening songs.
what? you don't know?
- Good morning song:
say good morning, say good morning,
how are you? how are you?
now it's time to listen, now it's time to listen
now, now, now; now, now, now
- Good evening song:
say good bye *2
see you soon *2
hope you have a good day *2
bye bye bye *2
Yeah, they were not the only ones to learn, i learnt as well :-)
so, except these songs, with my group, we learnt fruits & vegs, numbers, animals, colours, and i created a game mixing numbers and fruits/vegs.
but i needed almost 2 weeks to fell confortable with them, and when i was finally very confortable, the programme ended. too bad.
* concerning the afternoon, i was teaching english t girls (15 to 26 y.o) with an english guy. I enjoyed it from the 1st afternoon. it was really nice, and girls were motivated to learn. i think they enjoyed as us. We made some exercices about tenses, pu words in the right way, make some conversations (ect). I had a lot of ideas!
4 weeks (1 week mixing jaipur and travelling to shiv, + 3 weeks working) are too short i think. the 8 weeks programme is better, beause you have time to "create" something.
i know even with 8 weeks programme, we can't change their life, but we have more time to show them something different.
So i think you can feel, it was a great experience for me, even with no shower but buckets, even with dust everywhere, even with mouses and rats, even with no spicy food (kidding :-D)
I don't know if it's gonna change my life, but it was a great idea to participate at this programme. And i think i'm the one (in my group, 5 people) who enjoyed the most.
One last thing before to put this article online. Days are warm (25 degres), it's so good, bt nights are fucking cold, it' crazy!!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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Wow, that sounds very interesting and cool, i'm bit jealous...;) (but yes, without no spicy food, no way...:)
Enjoy your time!!!! Silvie
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