Position: Lecturer in childcare at Bracknell & Wokingham College
- What was it like taking a year out to work with children in Malawi andNepal?
The experience was so amazing I feel dislocated being back in England.For three months I worked in a school in the mountains of Nepal. The oxcart went past twice a day, boys got buffalo milk from the dairy and thenearest town was an hour's roof-top bus ride away. For five months Ihelped out at an orphanage in Malawi.
- What surprised or shocked you the most?
I'm shocked by how much is wasted in childcare in England. In bothorphanages the kids ate everything on their plate.
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