Mini Global Village at PPR

Last Sunday, we had the privilege to join the weekly English lessons conducted at the PPR community hall for the children. It was nice to get to know and engage with the kids prior to our project. Their English lesson lasted for two hours and after that, we decided to collaborate with AIESEC in Sunway’s ongoing project, AIESEC Believes in Culture, Diversity and Ethnicity (ABCDE) and have a mini Global Village with the kids.

With exchange participants from Tunisia, Egypt, Hong Kong and Pakistan sharing about their beloved country and its culture, the children got insights on culture, food and people of different countries. Some of which were not familiar to them at all. Through observation, the children took an interest in the more interactive sessions like the Bhangra dancing and the Q&A sessions, which some of them won themselves foreign currency by answering the questions correctly.

Overall, the kids were very excited and surprisingly participative as well. During our planning stage, we were well aware that they spoke and understood a little amount of English. So we tried our very best to translate everything to Bahasa Malaysia on the spot to ease their learning process. Although our translations did not come out as fluent as we wished it would be, that didn't stop them from participating in conversations and Q&A sessions, which made us very comfortable and happy.

Towards the end of the session before we all bid our goodbyes, it was so humbling to be asked by the kids whether we were coming back anytime soon. We are definitely looking forward to the start of our project next week and meeting the kids again!