6 weeks of Aramitan
6 weeks of Aramitan means 42 days of work,
travel, excitement and rice and beans. It is crazy how the time went by. I feel
like I just arrived yesterday, which would actually explain my continuing lack
of Portuguese. But I did learn enough words to get around and be able to join
the kids -just like “legal”, “muito bom” or also “para” for the days the
children preferred to wreak havoc instead of listening to us. In fact, I keep
wondering how they decide when to be angels or when to turn into small
monsters. However, they really grew important for me and quickly found their
way into my heart.
For me, Aramitan is not only a special
place for children to have a place to be looked after, to learn and being
loved, it is also a great opportunity to develop for us grown-ups. Living
together with seven, sometimes up to nine other people from all over the world,
with different habits and way of living, sounds a little bit like difficulties
to me. Surprisingly it worked out just fine. The people here at Aramitan are
great, welcoming and totally relaxed. Working and living together gives you the
opportunity to get to know different cultures and views
on life. There have been evenings where four of us would cook together, each of
us with a different nationality. At this point I am highly glad to have English
as a lingua franca. J
Since Aramitan is a quite young project, I
am really looking forward to see it grow in the next couple of years. Painting
some of the rooms gave me a good feeling of doing something for the long term
and I really enjoyed it -just like I really enjoyed my whole trip to Brazil.
Thanks for this great experience!
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