Volunteer activities at Agape

As mentioned before, volunteers make a big difference at Agape. But what do volunteers do at this project?

• Spend time with the children: An important aspect of volunteer work at Agape is simply being someone on whom the children can rely. Most of the children have lost their parents and other terrible things have happened to them. Love and attention are of great importance to them.
  
• Language & culture: Some of the children speak just a few
  words of English while others speak it fluently. It is always possible to find ways of communicating however, and by helping the children to improve their English, volunteers help prepare them for their futures. It is always fun and important for both the children and the volunteers to get
  to know each other’s cultures.
  
• Homework assistance: Most of the Agape children go to school and have homework.  Volunteers are responsible for helping the children with their homework, recognizing areas of concern and making sure the children are on track at school.
  
• Daily chores: The volunteers help the house mothers
  to care for the youngest children during the day by changing nappies, bathing them, dressing them etc. Volunteers also help prepare them for elementary school by conducting pre-school lessons. The pre-school is held several times a week.
  
• Maintenance: It is important for the Agape Child Care Centre to stay in a good state of repair. This can mean volunteers might
  paint doors, work in the garden, build a fence or repair the roof. We also encourage you to come up with your own ideas of how to improve the orphanage.
  
• And more... Volunteers are needed in many various
  ways: from bringing a child to the doctor to getting a supermarket to
  donate weekly fruit and vegetables. Organizing parties, trips to local
  attractions, swimming lessons, and other engaging activities are always a
  large aspect of volunteering at the Agape orphanage.

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