International Day - 11th November

Every year ISK has an International Day which highlights the diversity of the school and we celebrate all nations. There is food from all countries and parents and friends are invited to watch the parade of students dressed in colors of their nation. This year I assisted both at the Artsco stand where one could pay to throw darts at paint-filled balloons and win eaither a lollipop or the jackpot; a gold fish.
Once the kids knew that it was possible to win a gold fish the line became very long and some kids played probably 8 times in a row! This was a good activity for practicing organization and interaction with younger people. We had to make sure the kids didn't get too impatient or sad if they didn't win so it was a good thing that we had plenty of lollipos to give to the ones who played lots of times without winning anything. The money collected went to Artsco and by the end of the day, even with many costumers, there was only a small profit considering the money spent on preparation of balloons and paint etc.  still consider it a successful activity since many people seems to enjoy it and we got to meet new people and also take care of those that you actually don't really like, which is a skill i must say.

 

Apart from the dart throwing table I assisted briefly at the Interact table where there was a raffle. In before hand all members of Interact club had been asked to donate potential prizes and there was everything from chocolate to candles, wines and clothes. Then the person who wanted to have the possibility to win would pay 200 ksh and pick a raffle from a bag. The chances of winning were one out of three but still there were of course some unlucky people who go very frustrated. Both Artsco and Interact made be develop my team working skills and communication as well as organisation.