22 December Updates

Today was our last day at Anjali House, where we organised a Games Day cum Christmas Party.

Games Day: Gathering the children

Anjali children playing "The Human Knot"

Anjali children playing "Human Foosball"

Gearing up for Christmas Party -- Playing musical chairs

...while the other half of the committee was busy preparing food for the party

Eric, our chaperone, was the Santa Claus who gave out notebooks to the children

Ningxin, our dearest AV ic

Xaviera, who manned the photo-printing booth

Xin Yi manned the BBQ pits and helped the kids out with the BBQ

Exhausted COMMA members (from churning out food/desserts for the kids)

Some COMMA members (and Eric) ended up as backup dancers for the kids' performances

...which enthralled the barbecuing/eating kids

21 December Updates

On the last day of lessons at Anjali House, the Children and Youth Comm.s conducted lessons focusing on the themes of Teamwork and Choices respectively, as well as rehearsals for the Christmas Party performances on the following day.

Children Comm

Gathering the children

Playing of the "Sarang Oun" soundtrack for the kids' performance

Facilitating Teamwork games (1)

Facilitating Teamwork games (2)

Facilitating Teamwork games (3)

Debrief

Youth Comm

The activities were held somewhat in the form of station games, where at each station, the Anjali youth had to make choices in various dilemmas. At the end of the entire activity, the youth were then debriefed on the choices they had made.

Explaining the dilemma to the youth

Debrief (1)

Debrief (2)

Debrief (3)

Taking final photos as a class (1)

Taking final photos as a class (2)

19 December Updates

The theme of yesterday's lessons at Anjali House was Compassion, where we taught the Anjali children the importance of giving back to their communities.

Teachers' briefing

Setting up a sandwich "production line"

Interacting with the children

Providing children with instructions

Helping the children with the cling wrap

Leaving on tuktuks (1)

Leaving on tuktuks (2)

Visiting the nearby villagers

Entering the house

Doing service with the children

The service was fulfilling for COMMA and the kids alike

17 December Updates

Yesterday was a long but fruitful day at Anjali House. The COMMA team conducted lessons in two groups: the Children Comm. and the Youth Comm.

Children Comm
For the Children's side, our theme of the day was Christmas (The Joy of Giving). As part of the spirit of Giving, we taught the children how to make pouches, not for themselves but to be given to other children.

We split up to help children from each table with their pouches

Assisting the children in cutting cloth

Supervising the children

Giving some guidance on how to remedy mistakes

One of the children's masterpieces

Youth Comm

For the Youth side, our theme of the day was Teamwork. To illustrate this concept, we held several games for the Anjali youth to let them experience the importance of teamwork, before ending with a debrief to explain the takeaways which can be gained from the games.

Introducing ourselves to the Anjali youth

Playing Icebreakers

Going out in the open for outdoor activities

Demonstration by COMMA members

Supervising the Youth as they carry out the activities

Celebrating success together

Debrief of activities and screening of videos

Gathering feedback from Anjali staff

Miscellaneous

Bonding with the Anjali children

Entertaining the kids

Enjoying our dinner at the Cambodian BBQ