And so the photography club has begun! After a week of being asked by the children to take their picture, now it was their turn. I started with the younger children, teaching them the basics - how to put in a film and which button to press. The kids were really excited about using the cameras, at first a few held them upside down and the wrong way round with fingers infront of the lense. However after an hour walking around the village snapping away, they all looked like professionals! The session was based on viewpoints, taking pictures high & low, far & near. I'm very excited to see how they turn out! Thank you so much to everyone who donated a camera or films to the project!
We went back to school in the afternoon, I taught english for the first hour and then arts and crafts. I'd prepared some things for the children to make kites out of old bags and sticks (my mum had taught me this when I was young). The classroom quickly exploded into chaos with children running about, but after a stressful but enjoyable 30 minutes we had many kites to go outside and fly. Exhausted by all the exitement I had a quick lay down and watched the kites fly.
Making change happen
Platform2 is a unique opportunity for 18-25 year olds from the UK to volunteer in a developing country and then come back and creatively express their experiences in the UK.
