Try to remind yourself you as a child. Think about your dreams that you had. This big one and small one. Dreams that you were making when you were alone and these which you were sharing with people that you loved. Now think - what would you wish for the children who lives close to you? What would you wish for all children around the world?
With “Węgajty” Association we decided to make small project, activity with children in Spain and Poland. Węgajty Association is making “Summer in Theatre” project, and they will make with children performance called “Halo, can you hear me?” based on children’s rights, dreams, wishes and desires. We decided to use opportunity that I’m making my EVS in Ciudad de Los Niños and we created common activity that was conducted more or less at the same time in Spain and in Poland. We were collaborating with Beata Późniak, one very motivated and open for new ideas teacher from Primary School in Jonkowo village.
Children were writing letters to each others. In the first part they were describing and presenting their cultures. With children in Ciudad de Los Niños we were trying to find answers for a few questions: What is the culture? What makes Spain/Andalucia special and different from other parts of the world? Who are we? What define us? What would surprise person from other culture (people from Poland) here, in Granada? What will impress them? We were looking for the answers, children were drawing their ideas. It was also important moment for me, because I could share with them few things that surprised me when I came here. We were trying to define Spanish culture. At the end I collected their pictures and ideas and made big circle full of their pictures.
In the second part, we were making wishes for each other’s and for all children in the world. I left this topic very open, I just gave one sheet of paper for each child and I asked them to draw wish for other children. Not every child know how to write so when they were giving me back their pictures I was writing their wishes on the other side (then I added them on the computer). That what I get back surprised and touched me very much. Some children are very small, they are just few years old, but with such a big passion they were making wishes for other children.
Here are some of their dreams:
Some of these dreams are very simple and because of that they are so powerful. I remember small girl drawing the fridge, she was saying to me every product that she was putting inside [“teacher, there will be eggs, a lot of eggs and milk and apples and (…)”]. Or the boy who were drawing a bed – he just came and gave me his picture and said: “I wish that every child will have a bed and sleep well”. I was really touched, but for them I was just saying “Thank you, It’s a beautiful wish”. This what happened during this simple activity reminded me what I’m doing here. I believe that every dream reflects lack of something in our life. I saw this children dreaming about such a simple, basic things. Again I felt that I want to share with them my affection and love - simple things that every of us need to live and to be happy.
Monika
