This semester I took part in the mural project that was co-ordinated by Miss. Taylor and another aspect of the ISK Interact club. It entailed taking a couple of my Fridays away so that I could help with the mural project. The mural was to be donated to our schools younger years as an educational piece of art promoting creativity. Due to the fact that I am a higher level IB Art 2 student, I felt I had to contribute my fair share to the work. I helped in the overall design and helped with the planning of colour schemes and other image ideas. The mural is still in progress and I will continue to devote my Fridays towards its cause. With a motivational push I believe we can make this mural become a reality for the younger years very soon.
Reflection overall on the Interact Club:
Interact club has been an amazing experience that I have cherished and view as one of ISK's hallmark achievements of student commitment and co-operation. This club has inspired in myself the ability to go out and volunteer and make myself useful in a country that screams with injustices. I have been able to work in a group, show my commitment and at times add my own contributions where it is needed. It has been a great learning experience that i can use in future jobs as I have been able to understand group dynamics more effectively. I now know how a club as large as this one works similarly to an office. How we all work off on each other to achieve a common goal. I have seen the rewards that come from working in a club like this and the rewards are very simple. Seeing the smiles on all the children that we have helped and tried to improve their situations. This in itself is far better a reward than anything I could have hoped for. A feeling of warmth always reaches me especially when I see the little ones with their big eyes look up to me with so much happiness. It makes me almost sad to be graduating because I know I will not get the chance to stay in this club afterwards. However this club has also inspired me to go out and seek similar work such as this because now that i have seen first handedly the rewards I want to continue with this strain of work or somehow try to improve the lives of so many Kenyans. I can honestly say that through interact I have become more aware and more concerned of the social environment we live in, within Kenya. Due to this I am now concerned in studying political science, anthropology and african studies. I want to come back to the country I have lived in for so many years and try to give back to a land that has given so much to me already. Kenya is my home and I want to always look after my home.
Reflection overall on the Interact Club:
Interact club has been an amazing experience that I have cherished and view as one of ISK's hallmark achievements of student commitment and co-operation. This club has inspired in myself the ability to go out and volunteer and make myself useful in a country that screams with injustices. I have been able to work in a group, show my commitment and at times add my own contributions where it is needed. It has been a great learning experience that i can use in future jobs as I have been able to understand group dynamics more effectively. I now know how a club as large as this one works similarly to an office. How we all work off on each other to achieve a common goal. I have seen the rewards that come from working in a club like this and the rewards are very simple. Seeing the smiles on all the children that we have helped and tried to improve their situations. This in itself is far better a reward than anything I could have hoped for. A feeling of warmth always reaches me especially when I see the little ones with their big eyes look up to me with so much happiness. It makes me almost sad to be graduating because I know I will not get the chance to stay in this club afterwards. However this club has also inspired me to go out and seek similar work such as this because now that i have seen first handedly the rewards I want to continue with this strain of work or somehow try to improve the lives of so many Kenyans. I can honestly say that through interact I have become more aware and more concerned of the social environment we live in, within Kenya. Due to this I am now concerned in studying political science, anthropology and african studies. I want to come back to the country I have lived in for so many years and try to give back to a land that has given so much to me already. Kenya is my home and I want to always look after my home.
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