Monday, we did a super fun activity that the kids loved: weather wheels! They learned the English words for sunny, cloudy, windy, etc, then made a wheel with an arrow to choose how the weather is each day.
Tuesday, at camp if the kids wanted to have a turn throwing the ball, they needed to answer a Haitian/Creyole question. We are so proud of these kids learning. Many kids had a turn thowing the ball which means many are learning the english!
A very sunny Haiti day goes along with our craft for today. Reviewing the word "Sunny" making a sun plate.
Wednesday, as we do every morning the kids start with reviewing english phrases and learning the month, day, date and year. Here is a picture from this past monday.
Thursday, was math day and the kids reviewed math problems and put their answers in a box. Then to check their math they used water color paint in the empty box to reveal the correct answer. Older kids had more math problems than the younger kids. After math, the kids learned english for He/She, They, We, I, You by making a rubric cube.
Friday, to finish up the week the older kids wrote up their own Math Word Problems and the younger kids completed Math dots. All week long we have been teaching the kids a special song that they will share with everyone at the end of our summer camp. They are learning english for this song and they love the actions to this song. Stay tuned in for the special video to be released at the end of our program.
Saturday we had all the neighborhood kids come for a special Movie Night at TOHH. These kids come from living in houses with no electricity, no running water and most don't even have bathrooms. So for them to come out and watch a movie is a real treat! We set up our Projector and screen and popped some popcorn and watched The Croods in french. It was a blast. The kids were laughing and they all enjoyed a night together.
This Saturday for #SponsorSaturday we featured Wilberto!
He is a very smart 5-year-old boy! He loves to be silly, and his laugh is absolutely contagious! He lives in a one-room house with his mother, 3 sisters, 2 brothers. His father has passed away. In their house, they have two full beds. One has a mattress, and the other consists of consists of clothes covered by a sheet. He brings one gallon of water on his head each day, and his favourite food is rice with bean sauce and meat. ...This year, he hopes to continue school going into 2nd year preschool (in Haiti, children who can go to school attend 1st year and 2nd preschool before moving on to kindergarten). His favourite thing to do in school is write - he’s already writing almost all of the letters in the alphabet! When he grows up, he wants to be a writer! If you are interested in sponsoring Wilberto today, email tohhsponsorship@gmail.com!
This week we visited Berlandie and Widlerson's house. They are so thankful to have sponsor's who care for them and invest in their future. Berlandie lives in a one room cement house with her mom, dad, 4 older sisters and one brother. They have one bed in their house and the children sleep on the cement floor with a thin carpet. They gather 6-8 buckets of water each day for washing clothes, cooking, drinking, washing dishes and bathing.
Widlerson lives with his mom and baby sister. He helps out with everything since they live without a father. We affectionately gave Widlerson a nickname of Wili. Now, all the kids in the program call him Wili. He smiles cause he knows everyone here loves him. He is such a smart and loving boy. He has such a bright future. Thank you to all our SPONSORS!! You make the difference in these children's lives!!!
ALSO we want to say a BIG Thank You to SOO many of you who have donated to TOHH's Build-A-Backpack program.
Rebecca Miller with The Erving Church sent me these pictures and report to share of a total 44 backpacks and supplies have been shipped. They also shipped new/gently used clothes and shoes.
We will continue to gather backpacks since we do have 60 children in our program. If you'd like to help with the next barrel shipment of supplies, please contact Rebecca Miller by email (Erving area) rvmiller@crocker.com or Laurice Fournier by email (Holden area) lauricefournier@hotmail.com to set up arrangements. Thank you and God bless you for your help!
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