Community Development -
In addition to the generous support from FES for the Children's Village Community Library, YUM was fortunate to receive a FES Volunteer-intern, 21 year-old Miriam Hoffmann who studies Social Work in Germany.
Impressed after visiting the Children's Village and observing the activities conducted in the Community Library, Miriam implemented a project to empower the youths at the Children's Village to develop creative games by making use of resources at hand.
"We played many games such as Memory, Pantomime and other games using boards and body-action, all of which I had conditioned to be developed by the children themselves and mostly using the English language, so that they could learn the language in a more practical way while having a bit of fun.
I am very happy with how things turned out. The children were very enthusiastic and happy with what we did, and at the end got to learn a very valuable lesson: You don't need money or special materials to come up with a game. With only a creative thought and determination, you can develop your own game!"
Miriam Hoffmann, FES volunteer intern
