Volunteer in tanzania with cross-cultural solutions

I was in United Republic of Tanzania, Africa for a total of three calendar month, working as an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions. My job was to work side by side with local people to help support sustainable community-led projects. My work was in an orphanhood, for kid ages two to seven, instruction basic English language and math. Of the 35 kids, about half of them had HIV and a figure were orphans whose parents had died from AIDS.

I was put in complaint of five of the kids—Rehear, Amani, Irene, Jacob, and Lujiso. I set myself a goal that by the end of my three calendar month, they would know the whole alphabet and be able to count to 10 in English language, and it was a missionary post accomplished.

The resources at the school, although good for United Republic of Tanzania, were reasonably bad by our horse opera standards, so anything you bring for the kids is welcomed with loud scream and mass craze. I handed them out wax crayon and then turned round for a sec to get the colouring book. I turned back round—wax crayon gone. Okay, some of the kids have a inclination to put things in there pockets, so courteously and in my best Swahili I asked them to stand up and empty their pockets. They did, and to my surprise, nothing. Again, in my best Swahili I apologized and asked where are the wax crayon? Then they all smiled. There was a red smile, a blue smile, an orange smile, a green smile, and a gold smile. Wax crayon mystery solved.

Ben Gerrish is 19 years old and lives in Manchester U.K. After graduating from high school in 2004, Ben took a gap year, during which time he volunteered for Cross-Cultural Solutions in United Republic of Tanzania and again in capital of Thailand, Thailand. He is now perusal human rights and politics at Kingston University in London.