Huancayo Children's Fund
As most of
you may know, I have spent the past three weeks volunteering in Huancayo, Peru
with only one more week to go! My time here has gone by so quickly, thanks to
these wonderful children I have had the opportunity to get to know and grow to
love. Monday through Friday we walk a half hour each way to work at an
elementary school and teach English; Monday is first grade, Tuesday is second
grade, and so on. There are anywhere from 10-20 kids in each grade. The kids
are very smart and intuitive considering the limited resources they have. In the afternoons the other volunteers and I
work at an after school program, named Makikita. At Makikita we help the kids
with homework, play games, do arts and crafts, and have some intense volleyball
games! There are about 40 kids from ages 3 to 12. All of the kids who are a
part of Makikita also attend the school where we teach.
I have
learned a lot in these past few weeks and I owe every bit of that to the
children. I decided to volunteer because I wanted to be around kids who would
teach me to appreciate life in a new way. Spending so much time with these kids
has helped me to realize that it doesn't matter how poor you are or how little
you have. What matters is that you treat others with kindness, compassion, and
love and lead a life giving to those who are less fortunate.