Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ups and Downs

Wednesday 18th August

Today was definitely a day for highs and lows.

This morning we were at the Disabled Centre where one of the men opened up (by miming) and told us about some of his past traumatic family experiences.  Although this was very upsetting and shocking to hear, it shows we have gained their trust and that they want to tell us about their lives, which I think can only be seen as something positive.  After this we used thread to show them how to make friendship bracelets - they loved it and I was pretty proud and impressed by how quickly they picked it up!



















At the orphanage, there was a similar story.  Following our conversation about boyfriends (something which is becoming a bit of an in-joke - they now call me by the name of a Sri Lankan boyfriend I made up!) I have noticed a difference in their manner towards us, they definitely seem more keen on us and more keen to learn.  After a successful lesson on body parts, as it drew to a close, a lot of the girls were very open and wanted to talk about their family with us, telling us some stories which were closely represented in some of their drawings which hang on the wall.  This was the first day the girls have come up to us themselves and hopefully reflects their building trust, a massive boost for us.



Seeing this in more than one project after just 3 weeks is really rewarding and has reaffirmed the reason why we are here.

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