What an opportunity

Indonesia Time: May 23rd 2007, 10:50 am
Canada Time: May 22nd 2007, 8:50 pm

Yesterday most of us had the opportunity to visit our practicum sites to grasp a sense of what we are going to be doing at each of them. In the morning we visited Don Bosco orphanage and day care and the Amaryllis Special school.

It was interesting to watch and interact with the children. Some of them seemed completely comfortable with us while other children appeared to be shy. This interaction seems very similar to how children in Canada react to new people or situations. When we would bring out our cameras the children would crowd around excitedly to have their pictures taken. Then they would come even closer to see what the picture looks like on everyone's cameras. In the afternoon we visited Ponok Hayat which appeared to be greatly influenced by the Christian religion. At the center there are approximately 25 children including the babies who were sleeping peacefully 3 to a bed. The workers appeared to be passionate about what they are doing for these mothers and children.

Today we visited the our last two practicum sites, SDN public school and the Hospital Daycare. Most of will be starting our first days at practicum this Thursday so we look forward to describing our experiences