OVC TRIP : saturday 17th september 2011

THE INTERACT CLUB organizes an OVC trip once a month. This trip to an orphanage near ISK, is an opportunity for the members of the club to interact with less fortunate children. We visit them, bringing some food and comfort. We try to make them forget their condition and we play with them, read to them and draw with them. I went on my first OVC trip on the 17th of September, from 10:00 am till 12:00 pm. At the beginning i was shocked of what i saw but i decided to make the best of it. First we all sat, ISK students and the disadvantaged children, in one big circle. In turn, every child presented a show for the rest of us : some recited poems, some sang and other danced. When our turn came to present what we had prepared for them, we put on the Macarena song and we all the members of the club began dancing. As soon as the song was over, each one of us took in charge a group of children and showed them the moves to the well-known dance. At the end we were all dancing and laughing together.

We then started playing different games: playing football, dancing games, the 'one, two, three! hello' game, drawing and painting. The thing is we really had fun, all of us! A girl even thought me the belly dance.

I also created a special link with two kids : Elizabeth and Abathi. I can't wait to visit them agin, watch them laugh and play together. Because at the end of the day, children only need love food and a friend to be happy. As for me, it was a memorable experience !