Archive for July, 2010
Day 2: Afternoon Session: Heroes and Health
Tweet Guest blogger Dr. Stephanie Chu… Our Second Annual AIDS/HIV Discussion with the orphans of CSC began this year by having the children identify their heroes. The girls were at Activities where they were asked to draw pictures of their heroes today and then draw pictures of themselves 10-years from now and how their heroes [...]
“This is My Flag, This is My Country”
Tweet Day 2 at CSC was a very action packed day! But for now, let’s just talk about what we did in the AM. We will post another blog about the afternoon session bc that deserves to stand on its own! We started out w the boys at Activities and the girls at Sports. In [...]
Glasses needed ASAP
Tweet After completing the medical physicals we became aware that TWO children are almost blind in one eye and are in desperate need of glasses ASAP. How can they do well in school if they can’t see the blackboard? If anyone can get a hold of these two or one of the prescriptions pls notify [...]
Great start to the week! Camp #2 at CSC!
Tweet Today we launched our third annual camp with CSC. It was a little crazy in the AM handing out t’s, water bottles and getting all of the supplies ready for the first activities….but all that we can handle. What made it so much more chaotic was that we were dealing with a final desperate attempt to get some of the [...]
Reading Telescope and Bingo at Pamasor
Tweet One of our favorite educational activities to do with the children is one we developed called “Reading Telescope and Bingo”. It involves creativity when they make and decorate a paper telescope and speaking, reading, spelling and identifying everyday objects in English. With this one activity we try to tap into every possible way a child can learn. Everyone [...]
First Camp – First Update!
Tweet It is always a little bit confusing to the kids when they first attend one of our camps b/c what we do is so radically different from what they are used to. At Pamasor, the site of our first camp, the kids were a little reserved at first but it took them no time [...]
Keeping Our Word
Tweet The cornerstone of Hope Shines is keeping our promise to the children we work with. When we say, “see you next summer”, we do everything to make it happen. Recently, the center which we’ve worked with since 2008 under went a very trying time and had to dissolve; start anew. Financially, CSC has been [...]
Supplemental Education – Why it is so Important
Tweet I have officially completed my first week of observing and teaching English at CSC (“Children’s Support Center”) in Nyamirambo. Although I am still learning, this week has been monumental in establishing a comprehensive Hope Shines program with these children. I’ve started to see first-hand the need we are trying to address. Firstly, I’d like [...]
The End of Week One!
Tweet Today marks the last day of week one! We have made a lot of progress since we have landed! I have been spending most of my time at CSC teaching the children English lessons and April has been working very hard arranging all of the logistics for the first camp at PAMASOR (which begins [...]
First Week on the Ground for 2010 Hope Shines Camps
Tweet Hello all Hope Shines followers! April and I (Kathleen) have arrived in Kigali and have been working hard on the ground to prepare all the logistics involved with making our 2010 camps a success! We have met with the administration of both PAMASOR (“peace village”) and CSC (“children’s support center”). They fully support our [...]