When people start volunteering they feel like they are there to teach and give. Little we know about how much we actually learn and receive by doing the service to others.
For the past four days I have been working with the disabled children doing physical therapy and helping in a swimming-pool. The most I learned is that you can't go to work with your complexes, problems, sad face and bad attitude.
You have to open your heart and spit out the truth about yourself; otherwise, how are they going to trust you? In the water there is an exceptional feeling of trust. If you let them go or they don't trust you, they can't go to the middle of the swimming pool with you, can't relax and float in the water, or learn how to swim.
I love my job more the more I work with them.
The best thing about the class was that a swimming teacher taught me how to swim. I knew the doggy and the froggy style and now I can swim for real like a Ukrainian swimming champ!
Showing posts with label Covida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covida. Show all posts
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Day Three: One Step At a Time
Today was a fairly productive day. I woke up at 5:45am, run and exercised for an hour, had arrepa and coffee for breakfast, talked to Monica via skype and at 2pm was out of the door to Covida.
**** Covida is the place with special education kids where I will be working helping in the swimming pool.
When I arrived, the lady at the front door told me I should come back at 5pm. What do I do in three hours? So I went for a walk to the downtown area. I still have no idea how big this town is but when I was walking and run into one of Gloria's nephews on the street, I figured it was fairly small.
I also found a dance school where you can learn anything from ballet to Arabic dance for $35 for 7 hours of private lesson or take a rumba terapia for $17/month for 2 hours/week. I might sign up.
When I arrived to Covida at 4pm, the director invited me to do physical therapy with the kids. To be honest, never thought you have to be yourself pretty strong to do it. We had to lift kids and run around but the time flew by. It was just a bunch of playing on the mats.
The swimming pool started at 5pm and there I was helping one little girl to swim and dive. For me who doesn't like to put the head into the water it was also a good practice and challenge.
The best thing about all the day is that the professors in Codiva receive you as one of them and explain in what and how I cold help the kids. And of course, when you see the shiny eyes of the kiddos, you can't resist to come back again.
Watching the kids from the street
**** Covida is the place with special education kids where I will be working helping in the swimming pool.
When I arrived, the lady at the front door told me I should come back at 5pm. What do I do in three hours? So I went for a walk to the downtown area. I still have no idea how big this town is but when I was walking and run into one of Gloria's nephews on the street, I figured it was fairly small.
I also found a dance school where you can learn anything from ballet to Arabic dance for $35 for 7 hours of private lesson or take a rumba terapia for $17/month for 2 hours/week. I might sign up.
When I arrived to Covida at 4pm, the director invited me to do physical therapy with the kids. To be honest, never thought you have to be yourself pretty strong to do it. We had to lift kids and run around but the time flew by. It was just a bunch of playing on the mats.
The swimming pool started at 5pm and there I was helping one little girl to swim and dive. For me who doesn't like to put the head into the water it was also a good practice and challenge.
The best thing about all the day is that the professors in Codiva receive you as one of them and explain in what and how I cold help the kids. And of course, when you see the shiny eyes of the kiddos, you can't resist to come back again.
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