PLACEMENT!

I received my email confirming my placement in Honduras for next year over the weekend, but being as I was so very excited I didn't notice the little attachment at the bottom of the email which listed the details of my project (sorry Gill) So now I've looked at the attachment and I know a bit more now about where and what it is I will be doing, so I thought I should share it here,

I will be going to a municipality (similar to a country) in Honduras called La Union, Lempira, which has a population of about 6,000 people. I will be teaching in Abundant Life Christian School in La Union which was founded in 2004 as an outreach to the poorest students in the country. The school is a fee-paying school. Many Honduran parents strive for their children to gain a bilingual education in order to increase the job opportunities that may be available to them in the future. However, over half of the students who attend the school in La Union are on full scholarship and another 30 per cent are part scholarships. La Union itself is a poor community and many of the students who attend the school see this as an incredible opportunity for them to study overseas and support their families. Many students travel long distances to attend the school, therefore the students are apparently very enthusiastic! :) 

I will be teaching primary education, ranging in age and subjects, English, Science, Maths, History and Art, and I may also be asked to tutor some of the secondary level students. 

Oh and I will live with a host family and my partner!

This is all getting very exciting now!! I'm due to leave the country on or around the 2nd of August so it's coming up very quickly! 

The Mighty Month Of May

This month, as the title suggests has been awesome!

I was allowed to hold a non uniform day and sell cakes in my high school in return for doing two assemblies explaining to the students in school what I was doing, where I was going and why we were having a non uniform day! Everyone had to wear an element of blue and/or white to symbolise the Honduras flag, and it was a great success! I am yet to receive the money from this fundrasing event but it was about £500 which is an enormous help. Thank you especially to one teacher, Dr Neal Jones who wrote me a check for £54.00 1% of the money that I have to raise in total, it was a very kind gesture and proved that he had listened to my assembly as well!

We then had the Zumbathon last sunday! I had been worrying about the event all week, fearing that nobody would actually come and we would have 100's of cakes to split between me and my family! This however was not the case, and everyone had a wonderful if not exhausting day and helped me raise £854 which is amazing!

I have just received two cheques in the post, one from my auntie Wendy, so thank you auntie wendy and uncle steve, and another from my dentist's practice donating £50 to my cause! I wrote him a letter months ago, so it's nice to have some unexpected money through the post! Thank you Clifton Dental Practice Newtown