Minu päris esimene tööpäev oli täiesti peapeale keeratud. Esimene pool päevast möödus nii nagu planeeritud. Mina ning Xime, töökaaslane, saatsime kaks vabatahtlikku nende projekti. Nad hakkavad ühes Quito lähedal asuvas koolis lapsi õpetama. Kool ise tundus üsna tilluke, ent väidetavalt õpib seal üle 400 lapse. Ailine, mu siinse pere lapselaps ütles eile, et nende klassis käib 50 last. Seega 400 last kooli kohta ei ole sugugi palju. Kõige pisemad olid kõigest viie aastased ja näisid pisut ehmunud, kui klassi astusime. Ehkki hakkasid mõne hetke pärast kohe tutvust tegema ja julgemad astusid ligi ning kallistasid oma uusi õpetajaid. Välismaalastega on nad aga ilmselt harjunud, kuna aastas on nende koolis paar välisvabatahtlikku. Hetkel on seal koolis lisaks kahele USAst pärit vabatahtlikule tunde andmas ka üks Jaapanlanna.
Meie Ximega ei saanud aga kauaks jääda, kuna muud toimetused vajasid tegemist. Teel tagasi Quitosse muutusid meie plaanid aga täielikult. Nimelt olid 8 vabatahtlikku käinud pühapäeval Cotopaxi vulkaani otsas mägijalgrattamatkal. Neist üks ei kõndinud koju omal jalal ning teine toimetati esmaabiosakonda. Üks tüdrukutest oli otse lõuale kukkunud ning vajas kohest opereerimist. Operatsioon kestis kaks tundi ja loodetavasti taastub ta peagi täielikult. Teine tüdruk on hetkel ajutise kipsiga, järgmine nädal saab uue kipsi, millega on sunnitud 6 nädalat ringi käima. Meie Ximega läksime seega haiglasse pabereid taga ajama ning operatsioonilt toibunud vabatahtlikule seltsi. Kuna tegemist oli erahaiglaga, siis oli haigla väga puhas ja kaasaegne. Ei mingeid järjekordi ega midagi. Kuna haigla asus aga samuti Quitost väljas, ent hoopis teises Quito otsas, siis tagasi kontorisse jõudes tegelesime veel mõnede tegemist vajavate asjadega ning tööpäev oligi läbi.
Järgmiste seiklusteni,
L.
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| Kool Quito lähedal. Koolil on lisaks pildil näha olevatele majadele veel üks hoone, mis mahutavad umbes 400 õpilast. Eemal paistab org/A school near Quito. The school has one more building besides the ones that can be seen in the picture, they fit over 400 students. There is a valley behind the school. |
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| Kõige nooremad õpilased ning nende jaapanlannast õpetaja/the youngest students and their Japanese teacher |
My first day at work was nothing like planned. Me and Xime, my co-worker, spent first half of the day dropping two volunteers off at their projects. They will be teaching in a local school close to Quito. The school seemed to be quite small, yet they have over 400 students. Ailine, the granddaughter of my host parents told me yesterday that there are 50 children in her class. Thus 400 children for a school is not much at all. The youngest ones were only 5 years old and seemed a bit frightened when we walked into their classroom. The bravest ones even came over and hugged their new teachers though. However, the students are probably quite used to foreign teachers as they usually have a few volunteers teaching there every year. At the moment they have a teacher from Japan besides the two volunteers from the US.
Me and Xime couldn’t stay for long though as we had lots of other things to do. Our plans were changed on our way back to Quito, however, and we had to go to the hospital. 8 volunteers had gone cycling in Cotopaxi the day before and two of them fell. One of them fell on her jaw and needed an immediate surgery, the other one broke her leg in several places and has a cast now. So we went over to the hospital to get the papers sorted and to give company to the girl who had had a two hour surgery the night before. Luckily, she will recover fully. The other girl has to wear a cast for 6 weeks though. The hospital where the volunteer had her surgery is a private hospital and it’s thus very nice, everything is new and there are no queues. However, since the hospital was outside of Quito, but in a different end of Quito, me and Xime only could do a few other things once we got back to the office and the day was over.
Until the next adventures,
L.
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