Day 28 - rewarding day

11-11-09

Felt like a breakthrough day today! In English we were teaching the kids different emotions and feelings. Our group picked it up really quickly, mainly thanks to Gazz who came along to help out, and he was so great with the kids; he made it really fun and I know they especially enjoyed todays lesson.

Tonight was our drop-in session debut. We decided to set up a weekly drop in night at teh community centre where teenagers can come hang out; chat, listen to music, play games etc. We didn´t get a chance to design and print posters beforehand to advertsie it however there was a brilliant turnout with many new faces. I really enjoyed it - was great to spend time with some of the older teens in the community. We´ve spent the last few weeks with so many of the younger kids in all the various workshops that it was a really refreshing change! The teens seem to carry this reputation of being anti-social, rebellious groups who hang around in intimidating groups, but it seems they´re just normal teens with nothing to do, so we´re hoping that by setting this drop-in up, it shall bring the teens closer to the rest of the community and encourage them to use their time more resourcefully.