After 2 trips to the orphanage with 16 year old boys , I called Dasha , the project leader up to ask her about the situation.To my horror , she thought the kids at the orphanage were children 10-12 year old.It was then i realized that there has been a huge communication breakdown.On the 30th of June , the russian students finished their examinations and promised to find a solution to the problem.
Dasha and I visited an orphanage in March ( when i was in SPB for 1 day ) .And she called this orphanage and managed to secure an agreement to hold an event on a saturday for the children to let them play some international games.
The others trying to be retarded
pieces of Italy
The children at the 2nd orphanage were also staying at the same sanatorium complex as the boys from the previous orphanage.So it was another long mashrutka ( minivan ) ride on bumpy roads to our destination.
THere were about 40 children waiting for us when we arrived.About half of them were autistic and this made the games alot more challenging for them.But despite the difficulties , the kids really enjoyed themselves and the headmistress was keen on having us to come back and teach the children english!The 12 volunteers : 8 international and 4 russians turned made this event possible
Dasha and I visited an orphanage in March ( when i was in SPB for 1 day ) .And she called this orphanage and managed to secure an agreement to hold an event on a saturday for the children to let them play some international games.
During the trial run ,we ironed out the details and the translations for the games from Indonesia , India ,UK,China , Singapore and Italy .And then,we were all set to make INTERNATIONAL GAMES DAY a success.
The others trying to be retarded
pieces of Italy
The children at the 2nd orphanage were also staying at the same sanatorium complex as the boys from the previous orphanage.So it was another long mashrutka ( minivan ) ride on bumpy roads to our destination.
THere were about 40 children waiting for us when we arrived.About half of them were autistic and this made the games alot more challenging for them.But despite the difficulties , the kids really enjoyed themselves and the headmistress was keen on having us to come back and teach the children english!The 12 volunteers : 8 international and 4 russians turned made this event possible
