Hi there - Well after three truly wonderful weeks my journey at CCT has come to an end. My last week was a busy one with mixed emotions as I said goodbye to my students and fellow students. They were all so nice to me and I couldn't have asked for a nicer school. Teacher May presented myself and another volunteer teacher with a lovely bag each and I had photo shoot with P5 and P6 (my students) Teacher May also took us to her house for a wonderful dinner. The friendship and warmth of the Thai people is something that I will never forget and will always be grateful for.
As the teachers were at a seminar last Thursday and Friday I got to close out the “Dress Code” Guidelines when volunteering with CCT that I was working on with Wad. I also got to attend two of the Art Workshops which was a wonderful experience, it was truly inspirational to see how the children brought a blank piece of canvas to live with their imagination and talent. The team are going to have a tough job trying to choose which pictures will make it into the Exhibition in October, let's just say rather them than me!
On Friday afternoon, it was time for another photo shoot, this time with the CCT staff and fellow volunteers, well I couldn't go back to Ireland without a photo of the people that made this experience possible and who were there to support me every step of the way during my journey.
On Saturday, I went to the Elephant Retirement Park. Here I got to see the elephants roam free, no elephant rides, just feeding and bathing them in mud before giving them a nice shower, mind you I think by the end of the day I ended up with more mud on me than on the elephants..... - but well worth the trip.
Well that’s about it from me. On a closing note I would just like to say, if you are considering volunteering, speaking from experience you couldn't pick a more genuine organization than CCT, they do amazing work and the team are one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of working with. So just go for it, you won't regret it, but remember you’ll get out of it as much as you put in to it. Keep an open mind and if you are willing to be flexible and embrace the experience you will end up with memories and friends for life.
I don’t really believe in goodbyes so until me meet again take care.
All the best
Rita
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