By Mildred Jutzen | Field Worker
During the month of June & July most of the institutes that attended the Jerry Giraffe training in October 2017 were visited.
The care givers and teachers were very pleased with the ongoing assistance Fikelela has offered them. Some of them needed hands on training which we willing assisted them with. We assisted with the first two lessons whereby they gained confidence.
Seeing the excitement and eagerness coming from the children is so overwhelming. They enjoyed the sessions and especially look forward to hugging Jerry and getting the opportunity to be in control of the talking flower, this really helps the children to be more outspoken in a controlled manner. The Jerry songs is another favourite they look forward too.
What we observed from our visits to the Institutes are that the biggest challenges that teachers face is they have new children joining the institute all the time and not having sufficient teachers to separate the class. However they are grateful when they have extra support from the overseas volunteers. We use this opportunity to train the overseas volunteers as well so that they can assist and introduce the Jerry program to the new kids. Jerry Giraffe is definately making a difference in the lives of the children! Thank you, the donor for your ongoing support so that we can role out these programs to our children.
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