Final Reflection - Bakuva

Bakuva has taught me a lot of things. During the days I have gone to this organization I am much more aware about the society we live in and that certainly not everybody has the luck some of us do. I feel all of us citizens should help these people out which do not have enough resources to live a decent life. The only difference between them and myself is that I was born in a different place and in a different familly. If everyone in the world had this clear things would go much better.

This is the type of children I met in Bakuva. In the past I was not comfortable when it comes to take care of children, even less comfortable if I did not know them. However, the more time I passed in Bakuva, more of an extrovert I became and I was able to be comfortable with the children there. This is the most important thing I've learnt.

In the future, after I finish IB I will be taking part in other service-related activities such as this one because I think I learn a lot from these type of experiences. Bakuva, in conclusion, has been great!

During this activity, I have achieved the following outcomes:

1. Increased my awareness of my own strengths and areas of growth. (Now I am aware about how must I develop as a person in order to be able to take care of children as best as possible. Being extrovert and not so cold and introvert as I was at the beginning with the children in Bakuva has helped me to make the most out of this activity. However, I think this is a quality I can further improve by participating in other similar service activites in the future.)

2.     Undertaken new challenges (taking care of children is something completely new to me. Taking care of children in risk of social exclusion and helping them with their homework and trying to make them have a good time was an even bigger challenge for myself.)

7.     Considered the ethical implications of their actions (As a volunteer of Bakuva I had to behave in a very polite and correct way at all times. This is because us volunteers were seen as an example by the children there. This was something very important I had to have in my mind at all times.)

8.     Developed new skills (I am introvert when talking to little children and taking care of them. This is why it is so difficult to me to carry out activities such as this one. Being able now to teach them mathematics or play chess with them for example is a degree of closeness I had never reached when taking care of children and I am proud of it.)