One of the issues with having a garden project is that when it rains, no work can be done. During these past couple of weeks, there has been heavy rain and flooding so progress in the garden has been pretty minimal. Despite the rain we managed to start the heavy work in the garden. Our first task was to uproot some ‘lal kaner’ plants from one area of the garden (planted by previous volunteers) and replanting them in a corner of the garden imaginatively named the kaner area. We had a small group of kids helping us, openly displaying a genuine eagerness to help which was really nice. These kids also just seemed fascinated by me and my ungraceful demeanour “Jessdi you are strong like man”. At home I would probably take being likened to a man as an insult but I decided to take it as a compliment this time.
Once the rain cleared up, our gardening sessions started to get back on track. Though we work with the Teach For India fellows, we work with both the TFI and the non TFI classes. This highlighted the contrast between the two different groups of kids. The children in our sessions were naughty little buggers but great fun too. I don’t know what it is but I always get on better with the cheeky kids.
Once the rain cleared up, our gardening sessions started to get back on track. Though we work with the Teach For India fellows, we work with both the TFI and the non TFI classes. This highlighted the contrast between the two different groups of kids. The children in our sessions were naughty little buggers but great fun too. I don’t know what it is but I always get on better with the cheeky kids.
We are now regulars at the local nursery and the staff there are not so fussed about me anymore, I still have no idea what’s going on there mind. My current most used phrase is “can you translate please”. On the plus side we now have new plants and some of our other volunteers came to school to help us plants them. Progress has started!
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