Heafelomins asked:
am currently in India. And want to volunteer in a shelter for street kids and kids of sex workers. I deeply want to help them but there is a language problem between us…They dont know english and I dont know their language…However by their smiles I know they do enjoy the company I give them. The problem is that I don’t know what to teach them or help them with because of my lack of their language knowledge…So I am trying to find something creative, a way to teach them something, to help them somehow…I wish I could talk to them I am sure they have wonderful things to say and I really want to get to know them! What to do and how? Any creative ideas?
JACKSON WHITE
am currently in India. And want to volunteer in a shelter for street kids and kids of sex workers. I deeply want to help them but there is a language problem between us…They dont know english and I dont know their language…However by their smiles I know they do enjoy the company I give them. The problem is that I don’t know what to teach them or help them with because of my lack of their language knowledge…So I am trying to find something creative, a way to teach them something, to help them somehow…I wish I could talk to them I am sure they have wonderful things to say and I really want to get to know them! What to do and how? Any creative ideas?
JACKSON WHITE
Getting a translator would be the easiest solution.
But if you can’t talk, perhaps another medium of communication? They say a picture is worth a thousand words – perhaps you can get some kind of art program going – drawing, music, acting? You still might need a translator to explain the concept, but art can communicate without words sometimes.