Friday, June 15, 2012

Open for Business!

Just wanted to share what I have been up to lately. I am the third volunteer here in my community, and the first volunteers (a married couple) opened up a library at the school during their service. It was very successful with them, but with the last volunteer it was hardly ever opened. Since day 1 people have been asking me to open it again, and I finally have!

Right now I am planning on going there every Tuesday and Thursday for 3 hours to give the kids a chance to read, play on the computer, do puzzles, and just get comfortable with the space. This is kind of like a trial run, to see what the kids remember about the library, and what I need to focus on. For now, I am just overseeing everything, because I too need to get comfortable before I start bigger projects. In July kids have their winter vacations, so I am aiming to start teaching English/computer classes once break is over and I have a little more time to prepare. It will also be a great place for me to make health related games/books/posters available for the kids to use.

I can already see that I am really going to enjoy working there. The kids light up when they see all the books and play games on the computer, and I can see how valuable this is going to be for them. Now I just have to work on their library etiquette (the place was a ZOO yesterday)!

Here are some pics so you guys can see what I mean!













PS. Happy Birthday tomorrow Pops! And happiest of wedding days to Tessie and Chris! Wish I could be there!

2 comments:

  1. Good morning how are you?

    My name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.

    I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.

    For all this I would ask you one small favor:
    Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Paraguay? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Paraguay in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:

    Emilio Fernandez Esteban
    Calle Valencia,39
    28903 Getafe (Madrid)
    Spain

    If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.

    Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.

    Yours Sincerely

    Emilio Fernandez

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  2. Wow.

    For formality alone, i say send brother emilio a postcard, sister emily.

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