A retired couple volunteering in Vietnam feedback on the wonderful experience they are having at their project.
"WEEK
ONE FOR TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS AT TAM KY"
"At the end of our first week in Tam Ky,
we’re thoroughly enjoying the experience and totally besotted with the
wonderful children and young adults we’re assisting.
Activities in the orphanage each morning
are hectic, with bathing of babies, physio and feeding for some of the disabled
children, English lessons for the older ones, and lots of play! We’re bringing bananas with us each morning
and these are a real winner with the children – it’s “bees to the honey pot”
when they’re handed out.
The afternoons at Peace Village with
disabled children and young adults are a little less hectic as the numbers are considerably less, but it’s a
full afternoon’s activities just the same. We commence by handing out fruit and
then have all clean their teeth. Then
it’s party time with dancing to music from our IPods – Peace Village really
rocks!
After the dance, there’s physio with
some of the residents, art and craft activities indoors and more physical activities
outdoors to engage and stimulate them, and finally we assist with feeding some
of the more severely handicapped.
On two evenings each week we take
English classes at the baby orphanage for about 30 children aged between 7 and
12. Whilst lively, many are keen to
learn and the activity is particularly rewarding for the teachers and, we hope,
the pupils!
For two retirees in our 60s, the Tam Ky
experience is providing a wonderful and fulfilling new lease of life!"
John & Lyn Quilty
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