Volunteering for this project was our first Workaway experience and all we can say is WOW!
The children live in such a warm hearted and caring home. They get taught and raised so well, to be prepared for life when they get older! The children have really great manners, are always enthusiastic in helping at anything (cleaning shoes, washing dishes and clothes, painting blackboards and the school, being so caring and handing out rice and clothes to other needy children in the village), they help and work together as a team in any case (there is almost never a fight which is quite inspiring since they are 16 children in all ages) and most of all, they are absolutely loving, friendly and always have a smile on their faces! It makes you feel so welcome and like home, when the children run up towards you every morning, laughing, smiling and hugging you! They love to play, to draw and to dance, the older boys enjoy playing football every single evening and Derek is seriously unbeatable playing chess!
They also love to go swimming and appreciate it, when you take them to the pool! They really enjoy it to the fullest, and at the same time they know, its not something certain and that most of the children in the village wouldn’t get the opportunity to go swimming in a pool! The children are so grateful and always say thank you, if you bring them food or take them somewhere! Gratitude – thats a great and important character trait they are all blessed with! Staying and helping for this project and in the village was a pleasure for us, and we are so happy we could spend time with the lovely children and also make some little changes in the school building, even though we were only there for a short time of 3 weeks. This project is one great example of how you can improve an African village and bring joy into the children’s lives! And this is mostly owed to all the efforts of Happy, what is just incredible and outstanding! Happy is an amazing woman, spreading out so much positive attitude and happiness!