So for my internship their were two parts. In the morning I did home visits. During these visits i was with a group of 4 and we went to a child's home and asked the caregivers a bunch of questions that helped us to get to know the life of the child better and gain a better understanding of who the child is. It was an eye-opening and often heartbreaking experience. A lot of these kids have nothing...most don't even live with their family. They live with an aunt or family friend and during the dady they go around and sell things to raise money for the family. Some families really cared about the kids, but did not know how to help them. It was hard for us to listen to these stories. Also, often times the family could not speak English, so Emmanuel (the normal GLONA teacher) walked around with us and acted as a translator; with that being said, we often did not get the full story, or the questions that we asked were not asked in the correct way.
We asked things like: "Where are the child's parents?" "Does the child have access to clean water?" "What time does the child go to sleep/wake up?" "What does the child do before going to GLONA?" And more questions like that. They were pretty surface level, but still deep enough to give up a foundation on each child's life.
We had to type up personal records for each child to turn into GLONA that clouded a family history section and an academic section. It was extremely good practice for me and I think it will really help GLONA in the long run.
So for my internship their were two parts. In the morning I did home visits. During these visits i was with a group of 4 and we went to a child's home and asked the caregivers a bunch of questions that helped us to get to know the life of the child better and gain a better understanding of who the child is. It was an eye-opening and often heartbreaking experience. A lot of these kids have nothing...most don't even live with their family. They live with an aunt or family friend and during the dady they go around and sell things to raise money for the family. Some families really cared about the kids, but did not know how to help them. It was hard for us to listen to these stories. Also, often times the family could not speak English, so Emmanuel (the normal GLONA teacher) walked around with us and acted as a translator; with that being said, we often did not get the full story, or the questions that we asked were not asked in the correct way.
