My Favorite Memory:
was the daily ten minutes of singing spanish songs to the kids. 

I was surprised that….  It was so hard to feed kids, but at the end I succeded to do it well, without using many tissues.
The most difficult thing I experienced was….
Getting the bus system here in Concepción.
My best received lesson… Read [...]

My Favorite Memory:
I enjoyed sitting around the kitchen table conversing with the lady of the house over a cup of tea as we discussed Chilean idioms and ?slang?.
I was surprised that?.
Lone, the ABV Project Director paid attention to every detail from the beginning to the end. Her professionalism and commitment was contagious. I am [...]

Meeting with families and holding workshops with the kids at the project… The day we made chanchitos (piggy banks) with the kids was one of the best workshops, and the three siblings came back to the center before my last day to surprise me with cards they made for me. Read More

My favourite memory was playing games with the older children, especially football and building with giant blocks. By playing games with the children i felt very involved in their sporting development. 

I was surprised that…. I was suprised that many of the children had such troubled backgrounds yet seemed so unaffected by it. Considering such unfortunate [...]

The best thing of my program was arriving at the day care center in the morning and having the children run up to you to give you a hug.
I was surprise how different American and Chilean life are. It was almost overwhelming for such a drastic lifestyle change. Adjusting to complete culture shock. It was [...]