BLOG, post 3
Dear fans !!
It is my greater honour to tell you that our team of motivated volunteers performed their first workshop on Thursday and the outcome exceed our expectations.
The students walked in the room, welcomed by the “A-punk Vampire Weekend” song (you should download it, it’s awesome) and if at first they were pretty loud, they soon settled down and started paying undivided attention to what we had to tell them about HIV/AIDS. We split up into two groups, dividing equally personalities and knowledge about the topic. We played ice-breaking games with them, we had quizzes and Q&A. They very much enjoyed it and the feedback they gave us was fantastic: they thanked us for going to their school, saying it was the best presentation they had ever seen. Which was both relieving and heart-warming.
We received a certificate from the main teacher, so all of us stood up and took pictures with it. We had pictures with as a team in front of the ppt, then with the entire class, then with the class and the teachers. It was a pretty awesome moment, it gave us meaning as we finally got to performed what we came to Malaysia for. It was a great feeling.
By the way, our new trainee from Hong Kong has arrived, her name is Maria and she’s really cool. Can’t wait to get to know her better !
Our next workshops are going to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday so we’ll keep you updated !
Much love
Peace-lah !
Bonita and the HOPE Team (Lavina, Han Yang, Wanyu, Bora and Ji-Sun. And now MariaJ)
9 Aug 2009
