When we arrived we split almost immediately into our groups. I went into a small classroom with only a few desks and a blackboard with the other three people in my group. Unfortunately Emma Vovk had not been able to come, and she had been the one responsible for bringing the supplies for our activity! So we collected some blank paper and pictures for coloring and handed them out to the children.
It was interesting to see the kinds of things that they drew, and the colors that they chose for certain items. I noticed that a lot of them liked to draw people, flowers, and cars. Some children logically colored in their pictures, choosing green for the grass and so forth, but others chose their horses mane to be blue, and the sky yellow! All of these children have such unique personalities, and deserve the chance to express themselves further.
This went on for about an hour and a half, and then we cleaned up the pencil shavings littering the floor of the classroom and went outside to play a few games (football, frisbee, etc.). The kids were amazing at football and Lucie, Nidhi and myself watched in awe as they worked together as a team to score goals. We were no match!
After this was done the director/manager of Shangilia talked to us about the kind of activities we could do next time (we were thinking nail painting and face painting?), and then we departed back to our bus.
I really enjoyed this trip as it allowed me to see how artistic and skilled these children are, and enjoy their varying personalities. I am looking forward to the Shangilia performance at ISK, and I hope that they are too.
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