Friday, May 4, 2018

Youth Workshop Day


Lots of times it's hard for me to know what to blog about - to us our life is 'normal' and so knowing what to share can be difficult. Most days we're engulfed in doing our jobs - which we love (most of the time). Life is not at all monotonous, but it is normal to us.  Anyways, in April we did a few things that were special: 

1. Youth Day: One of our Community Committee's asked us for a way to pull together the youth in the community and speak about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. They also had the great idea of doing workshops in order to hopefully spark interest in continuing education and what possibilities there are for the future. We thought it was a great idea! 

So a few Saturday's ago, over 60 youth met at the school - they guys each attended 2 workshops - one on basic electricity (which Tristan taught) and the other about welding (one of our employees taught). The girls attended a basic sewing class and also a salon (hair and nails) class. After the workshops we served lunch and we had a speaker share about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. It was a great day! 

Highlights of the day: 
1. All the teachers of the workshops were from another one of our communities - passing on what they've been learning themselves.

2. The community leaders were the ones that came up with the idea and worked all day to make it happen. 

3. Up the mountain, most education and drive stops at 6th grade - being able to spark interest in more for these youth was special. 

4. All the workshops were hands-on - the youth all got to actually connect a light bulb, mend a shirt, do a basic weld, and practice doing nail.



Wiring an outlet and a light bulb
   

Testing their work - the light came on!
Tristan coaching

Sewing Class

Learning welding theory and safety before they weld

Hair cutting demonstration


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