With the departure of the last 15 volunteers from session II yesterday, World Camp’s summer is drawing to a close. After a successful City Kid Project, the group headed to Cool Runnings, located in Senga Bay, Lake Malawi, for a few days of well earned relaxation. Volunteers got to work on the tans that had been eluding them over their 5 weeks spent inside the classroom teaching, while they went through curriculum changes and our final evaluation of the summer.
The session seems to have flown by. It’s hard to believe we had time to work with 5 different primary schools, the Yossa After School Orphan Care Center, and the Crisis Nursery. In total, we fed and taught almost 1800 primary students from standards 5 through 8, and met with over 60 teachers. In between all of this, the group squeezed in trips to Mount Nkhoma, Zambia, and Lake Malawi, as well as numerous locations in and around the city, and a home stay in Mpemba village.
Scott, Katy, Ashley, and I are still around for a few more days, closing things down at the World Camp house for 2009, and getting things ready for 2010. Some changes to note are a new, 4 day curriculum, which will be implemented in the January session and should allow World Camp to further and more effectively address the challenging issues the primary students we work with face every day. If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering with World Camp, contact us at info@worldcampforkids.org or apply online at our website www.worldcampforkids.org
In the meantime, thanks to everyone for all their hard work and what turned out to be an incredible summer. Keep checking back for more updates on Malawi and World Camp.
Jaren Folden
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