Hello Everyone!
On
my last day of internship, I followed the outreach program held by Pustaka
Miri. It is a regular activity that is carried out as a part of giving back and
educating the community that stays in the rural area.
My
destination only took an hour drive to reach the rural school.
The
principal and teachers greeted us as we arrived and showed us around the
school. The school may look small but it is very comfortable and the children
are very friendly and smart. It was interesting experience for me going to rural
school as it opens up my perspective of how things work in rural area. The outreach program is
considered as a noble action that helps the community by helping them through
providing education, teaching them skills and providing goods to the community that
stays in the rural area.
The outreach program took place at a primary school
located in the rural areas of Miri, the task that was given to me on that day
is to help out with the activities for the children and help with other
preparation and goods that needed to distribute to the school children. The activities on that day consist of me
distributing notebooks and stationary while Pustaka Miri staff gave a talk in
creating awareness of the importance of books and the use of library. Thus,
there were also two representatives from the Red Crescent Society that also
came to the school to teach the children on first aid kid. On top of that, the
program ended with the activities that me and another intern was asked to
monitor, which is making use of recycling newspaper into a fashion clothes. The
children were very excited and enjoy making their outfit. Overall, this
experience is by far the most interesting part for me as I get to see and be a
part of that community that help and gives back to the people.
Nevertheless, through out my internship experience,
I have learnt real life practices and also learn to work under pressure while
working in a team. All this invaluable lessons cab benefit me and prepared me
for my next job.
Finally,
I would like to say thanks to my lecturer for her guidance and teachings
through out my university experience. Now I’m one step closer to graduation!
Michelle Shak
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Curtin University Sarawak
1 comment:
Great blog Michelle,
It’s great to hear that everyone is enjoying their placements and that some people are expanding their horizons by heading out into the rural areas. Although it is sad to hear that this is the end of your internship journey, I’m sure bigger and better things await.
The outreach program based in the rural areas of Miri is definitely something I would like to participate in as well now that I have seen your adventures, I do have a few questions though.
The first is about the Red Crescent Society that was also at the school teaching the children first aid while you were there. I was confused as to whether all the children are taught first aid like this usually or are there internal school health training like this?
Also in one of the photos you posted there were children making/wearing various paper outfits which was super cute and could definitely be used in promotional material but was there any significance of the type of costumes they were wearing?
Thank you for your time and sharing an amazing experience,
Rob Dougherty, fellow Curtin intern at CSWA
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