Visit

About the school

The 5th special school as exclusion is not far away from center of the city.
Its the first time we visit 5th school, the children of school suffer of mental
diseases , they come from poor families. There are 50 children enrolled in that school.

Before meeting the kids

The building seemed to be in a far better condition than other schools visited before. We walked in to the hall, where children were to meet us and take the toys we
prepared for them. There was a piano on one side, some chairs and an old audio player.

Before children’s arrival, we took a look at the classrooms, which were clean, middle sized rooms. There was a kid in one of them who didn’t seem to be happy. After observing the classrooms we went out to hall, one of the teachers asked the kid to come out of the classroom, but the child exclaimed "You will steal my things"...

Hellooooooooooo kids
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Some 10-20 children aged about 7-14 enter the hall. In the first moment the atmosphere is very official, the children gently stay and silently examine us. Some part of toys we brought we put in the middle of the room.
After all kids are in the room we encourage them. "Kids, lets take the toys !" , the kids modestly come to the bunch of toys, take the toys they like. Modest kids who couldn’t manage to take a toy were supported by the near standing event
member. There are more kids coming in during the time.

The joy begins

Among the toys there are also toys for multi player games- ball, kittles, so the fun begins from playing kittles - kids should hit with ball 9 kittles - in general such games are useful to develop their coordination, as the conditions of the school do not provide them with the opportunity to mobilize actively. The atmosphere is getting more and more friendly and kids get felling free. The game goes on by playing volleyball and after getting tired of playing we notice the piano. It was immediately opened by kids and immediately closed by teachers “They will break it” – they said. After some “negotiations” they let the kids to play piano. Anahit began to play Flea Waltz and we all didn’t missed the chance and began to dance. The kids seemed to enjoy the party everyone was smiling :)
After some dance Mariam instructed some basic yoga exercises and the kids tried to repeat the movements with a interest.


Leaving ....

Leaving is probably the most difficult part during the visits, the fun finishes when the classes begin, the atmosphere is getting heavy and is filled with the still question "Will you come again?"