Service this year has been a really eyeopening and poignant experience. I think I worked on learning outcome 3 during this experience as I got to lead and plan the service activities with two other students every three weeks. I found it challenging at first to come up with ideas of activities that would be suitable for all our clients as they had varying abilities and hence sometimes it would so happen that one or two of the clients found some activities difficult. However, over a period of time, as we got to know our clients better, we were better able to understand what they enjoyed and were able to do, and planned activities accordingly. I think another challenge was trying to change up the activities after a period of time to ensure that the clients were engaged.
However, I think we managed to eventually understand what would be most beneficial to our clients and managed to do a variety of activities with them. The highlight of the year for me was the Colour (Y)our World event that our service partners organised. I volunteered at this event and helped serve food to the people that attended the event.
Thanks for your commitment to SUNDAC Aabha. We had a great year together and it was wonderful to see your growth in confidence over that time. For sure, stepping out of the UWCSEA world and attending the festival, helping out with the food and watching our clients performing on stage was a massive hilight !