Summer camp for orphans, august 2008

Who and How has spent the summer!


Sometimes you hear such expressions as: "The summer has gone and one has nothing to remember". But a group of volunteers, who have spent an entire two weeks at a camp, located in the district of Bogodukhiv will have a lot to remember.

In the morning we had exercises which were led in game fashion. After having morning procedure, everybody drew up. All of the children were divided up into teams. During the rest of the day each team in turn attended sport exercises, needlework lessons and socialization lessons. Socialization lessons were not led in the usual way. It was more like relaxed conversations in the process of which different themes were discussed. Volunteers and children took part in different sketches and sport games. Sports help to direct children's energy in the right way and you accustom them to a healthy lifestyle. During craft time, the childrens creativity was challenged by the variety of crafts that were taught by the volunteers . This helps develop their creativity and imaginations. We also watched and discussed films and of course this provided a great opportunity for the children to open their hearts and speak about their feelings!

We led different relay races, competitions, karaoke and in the evening they had disco.

Volunteers at our camp were students from different Kharkiv universities as well as a schoolgirl. All of the volunteers called upon their pedagogical skills and became like advisors and friends for the children. As a result, some of the children opened their hearts and were able to speak about theirs' problems. This plays a key role! Because when a child can openly talk with you as a friend, you can help him to understand and solve this problem and lend them psychological support - a good word treats! Such a psychological help is necessary for each man, but the greatest importance what good it does for the children from the boarding school, who grew up under the conditions of the boarding school system. Because even though we have many good teachers at the boarding school, it is not physically possible for them to have private one-on-one conversations with each child everyday, something which is so essential for children at each stage of their life. I'd like to mention that such activities also permits volunteers to reconsider their own values. While preparing and giving lessons one always runs through the theme by oneself before the lesson. dealing with this information and the awareness gained through delivering it to a child's hearts leads you to develop new views, understandings and insights


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