In November, two volunteers from Portugal came to the Education Center. Inês and Patricia. Patricia had to return to Portugal after two weeks. A few days after she left, Neiva asked me abou
Caramo is 5 years old. I had a USB stick in the shape of a small chocolate. Caramo comes and asks me if it’s chocolate. “No, that’s plastic.” His very spontaneous ans
I was in the art room with Nara and Olinda. They each drew a princess and when it was time to paint the faces they asked me if I didn’t have a very light brown colored pencil. I asked
One of the activities in the art room was about forgiveness. Here is what Tayrine, who loves to come to the art room wrote and designed: “Forgiveness. Yesterday Ana talked bad to me about
The importance of friendship, empathy and caring for people are transmitted to the children indirectly every day. When they fight among themselves, I usually foster mutual help and affection
I shared my volunteer project with a homosexual volunteer. The situation in question is not yet well accepted in the City of Tarrafal, which means that they do not accept very well the diffe
I was in the art room with a few children when I heard the following conversation between Mariolaine (9 years old) and Sara (10 years old): Mariolaine: “Pff, I have to go to School today.
Marcilia (14 years old) came into the IT room and found all the computers occupied by boys … she had a look around for a short while and then asked a question that made everybody in the IT
I was sitting in the classroom with Solene (11 years old) and a few other boys and girls. They were just joking around, when Solene took the notebook of a boy sitting next to her. She had a
I was in the art room with Nelly (6 years old) and other kids. Nelly was in the kindergarten the last two years and now goes to school. Nelly was just talking Portuguese instead of Creole li