Another cold (-3) and busy day without the generator working. We fed 32 children lunch today (with lunch cooked by the camp kitchen) and had a 'film night' showing The Lion King by some enterprising trailing of electrical wires across the road from the Women's Centre. Some of the children look like they have the tail end of chicken pox, but actually it's bed bug bites or the like. UK teachers, you know how often kids ask to go to the loo in lessons? In 4 days here I haven't had noticed a single child go to the loo during the activity time. Just shows how cold and unappealing an experience it is. One of the hardest things is shutting for lunch / end of day and having to turn the children out into the cold.
With your kind donations I've been able to buy some excellent craft activities - we've been mask making, collaging flowers, biscuit decorating and decorating crafts, the children and ourselves with mini gems and glitter.
The Children's Centre closes at the weekend so I'll be based in the Women's Centre offering some jewellery making, sewing dolls and make-up sessions alongside the daily English lessons. Today I learnt that the Kurdish months don't coincide with the English ones as the New Year is at a different time of the year - will have to reteach that tomorrow! I'm focussing on (hopefully) useful stuff like dates of birth, needs, likes and dislikes and this weekend will cover body parts and health so that the women can communicate how they are feeling to medical professionals.
Back at my lodgings I've been practicing my schoolgirl French on a schoolgirl. Eleanor - you remember your French homework on liking school subjects? Well it came in very useful today!
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