SoLetTheProjectsBegin

Hey guys!

Oh my goodness so how crazy is this,  I've been here for almost a month! What?! Time seems to have flown by. In one week I will have been here a full month. Then there's two months left. That seems like such a short amount of time! But anyway,

Project Updates!

We've started to get projects finalized and in place.
The projects that I have been a part of finalizing has been our projects I previously have talked about at the Hilton Special School. This week we have committed to painting games on areas of the for the children to have during times of recess. As well as a set of maps so the children can refer to them and see where they live and see different parts of Fiji. We also will be choreographing  a dance for them so they can have the equal opportunity to enter Fiji's nationwide dance competition! We are so excited about this because they will have the same opportunity as others so this will be a huge accomplishment for them since they are children with disabilities, but they are not letting that stop them and we are beyond excited to start on this so that these kids can take their disabilities add another thing to their endless possibilities.

Another project I am super excited about is our involvement in Saint Anne's. Saint Anne's is an all girls catholic school here in Fiji. Here we help teach,  tutor, and aid the teachers. This week we worked with first grade girls on learning to read and write in English as many of these kids actually only learn English in school because they speak Fijian or Hindi when they go home so we help a lot with reading and writing English. We also have been teaching them fun rhymes to go with the English words, letters,  and sounds they are learning. We also will be helping to decorate and paint some other parts of the school.

FENC- This project is going and pretty set in place. The kids here are learning more structured learning from us as well tutor and prepare them for exams. The entire Fijian education system changed this year and so there are lots of requirements that were just placed on kids around the ages of 10- 12. These kids are now required to take exams to determine where they stand in education. In the past the children just progress with each other and then will take exams when they are around the ages of 16 and 17. So we are now having to teach and catch these kids up on so much stuff because they either haven't learned it and will now be tested on. So this project is one of our hardest because there are so many kids at so many different levels. But things are going better and better as we continue.

All right guys, there's the update for the week! I can't wait to tell you guys what happens this coming week as these projects continue and other ones get put in place!

Talk to you guys next week!

~ Hailey