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Thursday, Jan. 12
Allison Graham
Board of Directors
One World Youth Project
Back at the center for our second day, we jumped right back into action. Jess worked with a group of youth journalists on their personal articles. The rest of the group observed this process with interest and patience. Each student in the group chose a topic from yesterday's list and wrote the first draft of stories reflecting first-hand experiences. Once written the students shared their stories and listened to feedback from their peers. Jess worked with them on writing skills and focusing their stories. It was a productive workshop and each student finished with the beginnings of what were already powerful articles. While Jess worked with the students, I had the chance to email home. This was very exciting because I would be using the internet connection that students at CCLCS had helped raise funds for in our first collaborative project as sister schools. The sign hanging on the door, reading "Internet Cafe Open," was proof of the success of this collaboration; a testament to the positive effect the One World Youth Project is having making connections around the world.
After another ride in a Dalla-Dalla and lunch at the Quick Bite Cafe (I think that was the shop's name), we returned to the center to continue the drama workshop. Following some fun and entirely entertaining warm-up exercises, students again broke into their topic groups. Today they were asked to take the skits they'd created and recreate and perform them without using dialogue. This can be difficult and the students rose to the challenge, performing skits that again delivered their messages powerfully.
We took a quick break, then all of the students from various activities came together. We split into two groups. A small group worked on writing the statement for the congressional reception with Jess, while the rest of us worked on the CCLCS/Perfect Youth Group documentary on poverty. Students wrote essays on how they'd learned about poverty, how it effects them, what some of the causes of poverty were in Tanzania and all of Africa, and what could be done to eradicate poverty. It was a long day of work and yet the students were still working as hard and diligently as they had at the beginning of the day.
Finally Jess and I were treated to another spectacular demonstration of the kids' talents. Their singing drumming, and dancing touched me as deeply as it had the day before. We went back to the hotel for a late dinner and much needed rest.
Board of Directors
One World Youth Project
Back at the center for our second day, we jumped right back into action. Jess worked with a group of youth journalists on their personal articles. The rest of the group observed this process with interest and patience. Each student in the group chose a topic from yesterday's list and wrote the first draft of stories reflecting first-hand experiences. Once written the students shared their stories and listened to feedback from their peers. Jess worked with them on writing skills and focusing their stories. It was a productive workshop and each student finished with the beginnings of what were already powerful articles. While Jess worked with the students, I had the chance to email home. This was very exciting because I would be using the internet connection that students at CCLCS had helped raise funds for in our first collaborative project as sister schools. The sign hanging on the door, reading "Internet Cafe Open," was proof of the success of this collaboration; a testament to the positive effect the One World Youth Project is having making connections around the world.
After another ride in a Dalla-Dalla and lunch at the Quick Bite Cafe (I think that was the shop's name), we returned to the center to continue the drama workshop. Following some fun and entirely entertaining warm-up exercises, students again broke into their topic groups. Today they were asked to take the skits they'd created and recreate and perform them without using dialogue. This can be difficult and the students rose to the challenge, performing skits that again delivered their messages powerfully.
We took a quick break, then all of the students from various activities came together. We split into two groups. A small group worked on writing the statement for the congressional reception with Jess, while the rest of us worked on the CCLCS/Perfect Youth Group documentary on poverty. Students wrote essays on how they'd learned about poverty, how it effects them, what some of the causes of poverty were in Tanzania and all of Africa, and what could be done to eradicate poverty. It was a long day of work and yet the students were still working as hard and diligently as they had at the beginning of the day.
Finally Jess and I were treated to another spectacular demonstration of the kids' talents. Their singing drumming, and dancing touched me as deeply as it had the day before. We went back to the hotel for a late dinner and much needed rest.
-Allison
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