So, just a quick update.. i'm continuing to plan the nursery.. been doing alot of research on developmental stages, nursery programs, lesson planning, and various other related stuff like nursery songs in spanish.. etc...
We have just about 6 mothers or so who are interested (possibly more after a meeting this past weekend)... I dont think we can handle more than 10 nursery kids at this point... So to give you an idea of what it's been like to get a program like this going at SKIP.... fortunately we have a monthly meeting for all the families at SKIP... so they're supposed to come to the office (though not all do)... but if you want to get information out to them otherwise.. its this inefficient system of going out to each of their houses.. this means walking through the sand to each of their houses, which are at times .5-1 mile apart.. if you're lucky there's a bus that goes near their house.. and if you're really lucky, one of them either has a phone or knows someone who does.. so this needs to be done each time we've been wanting to meet with the mothers for the nursery program. though slowly but surely, it'll all come together...
on another note...found out the other day that one of the kids (14 y/o) has been working in a shoe factory for 70 hours a week just earning about $5 for the week. SKIP has talked to the parents and discussed how we can change this (alot of times the parents don't know the maths and don't know there may be other options available)...
We found a scorpion the other day in the room next to mine.. it was small, but just as scary as they look with their pinchers and huge spiky tail.. will need to do some research on what to do if i get stung heh...
continue to feel homesick.. though i'm sticking it through of course...
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