« At Peri Naua, part of my mission took place at the library, with local employees: help with homework, reading, manual activities, sports and cultural…

It was an opportunity to share pedagogical knowledge from our different cultures. The rest of the time, I participated in the establishment of a cultural center for teenagers in the neighborhood: course programming, communication, creation of projects. The exchange with the beneficiaries helped us to better understand their reality, their expectations and the constraints related to the socio-economic environment, and thus allowed us to adapt our activities. Because a new project involves successes as well as failures. Learning to question yourself, modifying your initial ideas to overcome them is essential. Anyway, these eight months were a succession of emotions, between satisfactions and disappointments.

Finally, I would retain the richness of the human experience of this stay in Namibia. Every moment of sharing with children, teenagers and stakeholders was a source of joy. Taking a step back from Western society by discovering different ways of relating to the world and cultures was for me a way to form opinions and a line of action related to this new knowledge. »

Volunteer, donations, supports, informations… : gilles.frene@wanadoo.fr

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