First days of work

Yesterday was my first day back at work with CCD and I started at Rainbow house. It was lovely seeing quite a few of the children I knew at the government orphanage 2 years ago, doing so well at Rainbow House. And I also saw one of the staff I used to work with. It was great, just getting a chance to chat to her. A lot of the children I knew who are now at Rainbow house daycare really have progressed! One of them is now talking and the others just seem a lot happier and alert. So I spent the day at Rainbow house yesterday and then at the end of the day got the information I'd been hoping for. I am at Fuang Fah!

So today was my first day back at Fuang Fah (government run orphange) where CCD run a daycare centre for some of the children in the orphanage. It was so nice to be back and once I was about half an hour into the day, it felt like I only left yesterday! Three of the staff are the same, so good to see them again, but trying to find out what each other have been doing over the last 2 years is a bit difficult with limited Thai on my part and limited English from them (though, their English is better than my Thai). I was asked to describe my 'class' (uni) well that's what I understood anyway, so that was some random story. Two of the kids remembered me which was lovely. So there were quite a lot of kids still the same so it was great seeing them again, how they have grown. But I also met a lot of new faces, so it'll be good getting to know some more children. It's great being back with them all.

This morning we did a structured activity which was painting which involved the children (and us) getting very messy, and trying to avoid getting paint absolutely everywhere! Then this afternoon was a bit different from a normal afternoon. We took a few of the children on a trip to Harrow international school where the students at school take our kids to run around a big gym hall and just play with them. It was good fun especially for one wee boy who just runs and runs everywhere. So, thanks to Kru Saen (one of the staff), I have some photos of painting this morning,

Attempting to stick the paper to the table when they're all trying to grab it!

The more artisitc ones...we were just slapping on the paint.





 

Getting reading to go to Harrow.