20/10/2012
Sneha Orphanage

It was our first day at the children's orphange. In the beignning we were quite confident about what we were going to do. Probably because we planned a lot of activites to keep us doing well when we meet the children. When we went inside all the kids were expecting us. As a small friendly surprise we got the kids some fruits. The orphange supervisor was very helpful and supportive. Therefore we started the activities without any hesitation. Our first goal was to get toknow the children. So we desgined the pillow passing game. Ashwini (my partner) provided the music and we all started to pass the a teddy bear instead of a pillow. Whenever the music is stopped and whoever has the teddy bear gets to intrroduce themselevs. It was a fun acitivity because the children loved the concept because everybody got to play a role. It was amazing the game actually helped to achieve one of our goals which is to work collaboratively.

Once we introduced the game the children helped one another to keep the game going fun. For starters this game really worked out well because as one group we all engaged and the children learnt a new game that they might be able to do at their spare time. Later to have the children do somet creative we took two colors of playdo. We thought this would be the best option for them to learn how to be creative and engaged and to have fun at the same time. Aswhini and on the first day had a great time with the kids. I think we all learnt how to interact and to take responsiblity for our action. I must say we were pretty good risk takers because we got a long well with the kids on the first day and they seem to like us more because they requested to come see them again!