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The
end
of
July
brought
together
the
plans
for
further
developing
the
Education
program
here
in
Kerala.
After
several
months
of
planning
and
prep
work,
volunteers
had
a
chance
to
begin
working
in
this
amazing
school.
St.
Louis
school
is
run
in
conjunction
with
St.
Louis
Church,
and
is
currently
serving
approximately
one
hundred
children.
The
Education
program
here
in
Kerala
seeks
to
find
ways
to
continuously
improve
the
standard
of
the
English
learning
delivered,
as
well
as
providing
extra-circulatory
activities
for
the
children.
Nestled
in
the
heart
of
Mudamveli,
this
picturesque
school
buzzes
with
the
voices
of
children
from
standards
one
to
four.
The
children
here
are
almost
exclusively
from
the
surrounding
village,
and
are
not
as
accustomed
to
western
people
as
some
of
the
other
children
that
we
have
worked
with.
The
children
are
eager
and
ready
to
learn.
The
children
have
been
working
in
groups
of
an
average
of
five
children
per
group.
This
is
a
refreshing
contrast
for
our
volunteers
from
the
exclusively
one
on
one
teaching
environment
of
Thamaraparambu.
With
encouragement,
and
training
from
the
other
educators
here
at
the
base,
the
volunteers
are
putting
forth
an
excellent
level
of
teaching.
Working
alongside
the
head-mistress
Sister
Jancee
and
the
local
teachers,
we
have
been
able
to
begin
assessing
the
childrens
level
of
English.
We
have
also
had
a
chance
to
introduce
the
children
to
a
music
class
with
the
support
of
our
Arts
volunteer.
The
children
enjoyed
a
short
break
from
their
traditional
lessons
to
take
some
time
to
learn
rhythm
and
a
few
simple
English
tunes.
We
were
pleased
to
have
a
leadership
intern
for
the
month
as
well.
In
conjunction
with
her
time
spent
teaching
at
the
schools,
she
was
able
to
introduce
a
Womans
Empowerment
workshop
to
many
of
the
older
girls
at
St.
Louis.
Sister
Jancee
was
happy
to
let
us
work
with
the
girls
,
and
encourage
them
to
consider
any
job
option
that
they
fancied.
The
girls
were
able
to
talk
through
what
would
make
them
good
at
the
things
they
wanted
to
do
later
in
life,
and
the
day
turned
out
to
be
a
success.
The
month
of
July
also
brought
a
buzz
of
activity
at
the
base
with
the
arrival
of
eleven
volunteers
to
hitting
sixteen
volunteers,
the
highest
number
we
have
ever
had
at
this
location.
To
accommodate
the
large
number
of
volunteers,
the
Education
project
had
a
chance
to
run
at
both
project
sites
simultaneously.
With
the
Arts
coordinator
running
the
project
at
Thamaraparambu
school,
the
Education
coordinator
took
the
other
half
to
volunteers
to
St.
Louis.
Despite
much
sickness
on
base
and
chickenpox
at
Thamaraparambu
school,
the
desired
merging
of
the
two
schools
into
one
project
week
has
been
a
great
success.
With
the
volunteer
number
at
a
more
normal
level,
the
sickness
under
control,
and
the
dual
school
week
off
to
a
great
start,
we
are
looking
forward
to
a
great
next
month!