Outcome: Show perseverance and commitment in their activities.
In Wobulenzi, during the morning sessions, each person carried out a service activity. I took part in building a goat shelter continuously up until I was able to see the final product. I participated by helping in digging, clearing the shrubs to create space for the shelter, and hammering in the nails to hold the shelter in place. From this activity I learnt that that using a hammer as well as carrying wood is a rather demanding task that requires a lot of hard work. Despite the difficulties and the pain, I stayed in the activity and chose not to quit and I slowly began to tire out. However, I held on and thoroughly enjoyed my self overcome the pain to see the result, which was seeing the goats in the shelter for breeding. This activity evoked mainly positive feelings such as joy and pride after seeing the family of goat in the shelter safe and sound.
Outcome: Work collaboratively with others.
At Wobulenzi Town Academy, different groups ran different workshops as the creativity part of our trip. In the group that i was in, we decided to run ICT and break dancing workshops for three days. In particular, we taught the students of Wobulenzi how to search the internet for educational materials and due to their high interest, how to make a certificate. In order for the work shop to run successfully we had to work together and understand each other. I worked hand in hand with my other group mates to overcome the obstacle of teaching. From this experience, I learned that teaching someone something or a subject is very difficult and requires a lot of experience to get to the level of teaching of our teachers. When someone in my group did not know how to answer a question from the students, I offered help and when i did not know how to answer a question, my group helped. The group work was key in making our work shop a success.
Outcome: Planned and initiated activities.
In our workshop at Wobulenzi Town Academy, as mentioned before, we ran an ICT workshop. I personally helped in teaching students how to search on Google and how to make certificates using Microsoft Word. In order to ensure that the activity went successfully without a glitch, we had to sit down and plan and initiate the activity. As normal, we also planned a back up activity in case our workshop did not have the same impact or was not successful. However, from this experience I learned that even after a lot of planning, once the activity is initiated it takes a lot of effort to control. Our plan was tested as on Thursday there was no power and we were prepared to teach French yet the students of Wobulenzi opted not to do french. For the future, i have learned that when planning an activity, it is better to plan more than one back up.
Outcome: Develop new skills.
As part of our workshop, it was required for me to teach students of roughly my age how to operate basic things on the computer. I have never taught anything to anyone let alone kids my own age and it was very difficult but fun. Being able to stand up in front of them and telling them what to do was a new skill to me as i am mostly a reserved person and this required me to go out of my shell to teach them successfully. I plan to develop this new skill further over the course of the next year so I can be able to teach confidently without shying out. Despite the hardship, I felt positive that i was able to explain what i was supposed to teach the students and it gave me a positive morale boost.
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