June 27, 2006
Today the Hygiene Team went to a local village where those they trained taught the locals a couple of the lessons they learned in training. The team was met by 100s of people lining the road into the village, dressed in traditional Hmong costumes, singing them into the village. Kim and Allison said things went very well. The trainees did a great job transfering their new knowledge to their village-mates.
The English Team went to another village to teach and play at a school visited last year. We were welcomed by chanting children and the school's red-uniformed marching drum and bugle corps. The children were chanting, "You are truly welcome." It was very cool.
We then sat in the school courtyard while the "band" performed a mini half-time show. Fun! After that we went into classrooms and did our "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" lesson. This was a bit more tricky as these students weren't as well versed in English as the school in Wenshan. None the less, they did a great job. We then had each class perform the song and whatever else they learned for the rest of the school. It was great. The kids were so excited to have us there. We then played with them, giving out stickers, balloons, candy. To cap the day off, we taught/played "Duck, Duck, Goose" with them. It was so funny. Imagine Josh being chased by a little 10 year old Chinese boy, getting tagged and winding up in the Mushpot! (Pics coming!) We also did "Steal the Bacon" and "Follow the Leader."
We sadly said goodbye and drove to a nearby village to have lunch with two teachers from the school. We toasted several times. The teachers expressed over and over again their appreciation for us visiting. We hope to return.
We came back to Wenshan, had a P.R. time before resting and having dinner on our own! We'll catch you up later.
PS - We have tried all sorts of ways to post picures, but still isn't working. Hopefully we will have success from Kunming on Wednesday or Thursday.
See ya.
The English Team went to another village to teach and play at a school visited last year. We were welcomed by chanting children and the school's red-uniformed marching drum and bugle corps. The children were chanting, "You are truly welcome." It was very cool.
We then sat in the school courtyard while the "band" performed a mini half-time show. Fun! After that we went into classrooms and did our "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" lesson. This was a bit more tricky as these students weren't as well versed in English as the school in Wenshan. None the less, they did a great job. We then had each class perform the song and whatever else they learned for the rest of the school. It was great. The kids were so excited to have us there. We then played with them, giving out stickers, balloons, candy. To cap the day off, we taught/played "Duck, Duck, Goose" with them. It was so funny. Imagine Josh being chased by a little 10 year old Chinese boy, getting tagged and winding up in the Mushpot! (Pics coming!) We also did "Steal the Bacon" and "Follow the Leader."
We sadly said goodbye and drove to a nearby village to have lunch with two teachers from the school. We toasted several times. The teachers expressed over and over again their appreciation for us visiting. We hope to return.
We came back to Wenshan, had a P.R. time before resting and having dinner on our own! We'll catch you up later.
PS - We have tried all sorts of ways to post picures, but still isn't working. Hopefully we will have success from Kunming on Wednesday or Thursday.
See ya.
posted by Brian Adams | 4:18 AM
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