In April, we had a new intake of twenty one children from Kibera Primary School. For the first time we have children from a different school which is a great opportunity for our Ayani Primary children to interact with students from a different school.
The increase of children has meant that a lot of logistics have changed in order to cater for the increase. We need more food stuff, water, cooking items, craft items, books etc to accommodate all the children.
The community workers, coordinators and volunteers have worked as a team to ensure that the programme runs smoothly and is a success.
The new children from Kibera Primary adjusted well to the programme with many of them eager to participate in the planned activities. The children who have been with us have welcomed the new ones and are taking the time to show them how things are done in Miale. It’s also exciting for them to interact with children from another school as they share their experiences and forge new friendships.
Fun Activities
During the afterschool programme in April activities included; cookery classes, sewing, sports, arts and crafts and interactive sessions for the children to share their experiences in various areas. The children really enjoyed these activities and this was evident by their requests to have the same activities in June when they resume the programme. Can’t wait for June! It’s interesting to note that the small children keep checking every day when the after school programme starts again.
Acrobatics
The Kenya National Theatre acrobats gave Miale children a real treat with their daring performances. The children were so taken in by the performances that they actually formed their own “Act” which they showcased during the final day of the April Holiday programme. There are a lot of potential acrobats in the making at Miale...Watch out!
Group discussions
These group discussions seem very important to the children as it is “their” time to share their experiences with each other and discuss about issues that concern them. Some of the discussion such as peer pressure, relationships, even politics were turned into debate topics! It was really interesting to see different groups of children battle it out to have their “motions” be the winning ones!
Actually its amazing how this has allowed some of the shy children to come out and speak boldly and confidently! More power to them!
Facilitators
Our programme saw two guest speakers come and talk to the children. We had a nurse from Kenyatta hospital come and talk to the children about their health and how to take care of themselves .The kids got to ask a lot of questions which showed genuine interest about their health. We also had a social worker who talked to them about nutrition, various food groups and basically how to eat a well balanced diet.
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