Carmen de Viboral, Colombia- August 30, 2007

This was my last day visiting the workshops. In the morning, there were a lot of new children from another school that were invited a couple of days ago; we didn’t expect that much. It was difficult to work with such a big group (almost 40), mostly because of the absence of the adult that was supposed to go. Dealing with that situation was exhausting but finally it was fine. Thanks to the fact that I use not only to watch the workshops but also learn, I was able to help the teacher with the instruction. It felt weird at the beginning but nice at the same time, I realized that I became skilled at some simple techniques that let me help in that situation and that was very pleasant for me.

In the afternoon, the workshop was easy to make and we counted with the presence of the adult.

It was kind of heartbreaking but also satisfying. It’s really sad say goodbye to those amazing children and teenagers that you have been closed to in so many ways. The experience of being there, learning from them and trying to understand their personal and community situation to make the process as good as possible, was wonderful and very different from other experiences that I have ever had.