My Gap Year

Now that i am no longer working at the CP centre i thought it would be good to write about my overall experience there!!It was a really amazing place and the facilities that they provided for all the children was incredible too!!The building was actually built due to a donation by a man from Holland, which is why the building is named the Holland building.  All the people that worked at the centre were so friendly and welcoming to me which made the experience even better, and it was really great having physiotherapy students there aswell, as they could explain to me everything that they were doing, and i think it was actually quite beneficial for them to teach me stuff. The centre was really well run, with there being two sessions a day for the children, and for each of these the centre provided a bus for all the children to come in on, as the centre was quite a long way from the all the districts that the children lived in!!All the children and parents that came to the centre were so sweet and really friendly to me, and helped me to learn some important Nepali words!!All of the children that i observed over the time i was there really did make some major improvements over the 2 months which was really fascinating to see!!!I was also really thankful that Suresh allowed me to do a home visit and actually have my own chance to be one on one with the child, and the report that i wrote up for that is hopefully going to be published in the centre which is really exciting, so i feel that i have left my mark on the centre!!!Also i’d like to say thanks to the cook at the centre for making probably the best buff mo-mo’s in Nepal, always gave a good mid-week boost on wednesday lunch, and for making probably some of the best tea in Nepal!!!My last day at the centre was so special aswell, I was presented with a bunch of flowers picked from the garden around the centre and a card which had been signed by all of the staff at the centre, it was so sweet, oh and i also had to write a little message in their book!!!Generally the whole experience has been so amazing, and it was so great to see how appreciative all the parents and children were to the CP centre, honestly two of the best months in my life!!!!

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