Family This week is the week of the volunteer. Each day, one of our editors, themselves useful by a form of voluntary work to perform. Today is the turn of the editor, Nele, which together with Hobo vzw an activity for homeless children went to guide.
I and young children: it is to put it mildly, never a match made in heaven. The high voice that every parent, apparently, is to me completely foreign, the donderse cheering wants me to be instant to valium let grab, and my sleep – or at least the quiet awakening – is to me holy. For a career in education, I kindly passed. All I did during my short teaching career – yes, I am also a teacher of secondary education in arts education and project artistic subjects – also discovered that there is a caring character created in me lies, that people, including children, wants to help. When I online the job came from ‘enthusiastic tutors sought for activities with homeless children’, I thought: this has got to I do, even though the word excited perhaps slightly exaggerated.
it will be Immediately clear that there’s a lump of organizational ability necessary to the speelnamiddagen in the right direction. One volunteer says, a different must be used by, children used to be picked up … Still leads Lina that as a permanent employee to work is for Oboe vzw everything in the right direction. My task for today? The children in the various centers and guide to Ketmet, the largest indoor playground in Brussels. There to help us with the activities that Cultureghem on its feet, and then the children bring it back.
When I use the other professionals meet, it sinks my heart a bit in the shoes. “Yes, it is sometimes very difficult on the street, with the whole gang of children” or “It is often very chaotic” to me with a small heart to leave and go to the first centre. Thrilled to fly a few children around one of the other escorts and when I suggested “This is Nele”, clutching immediately a girl in my hand. My first small vreugdedansje was a fact. We make a number of stops at a few other centres, and – against my expectations – friendly, all two by two and hand-in-hand in the direction of Ketmet.
Arrived all the children, outside of the girl that my hand still clings, the spurt in the direction of the large playground. There is fully equipped: a kitchen island, a music and arts and crafts corner, badminton, basketball and volleybalgelegenheden, a large wooden speelbox … There appears a blissful smile on their face. It is really touching to see how happy children can be with a simple drum made from an empty sauspot, a makeshift Twisterspel from a bed sheet and some plastic-coated paper, a game of bowling with filled plastic bottles, or making tomato juice with a surplus of the Abattoirmarkt.
