I am loving my time at Banbangkhae home for older adults. It is a very rewarding experience. Yesterday they took us on a field trip to a school outside of Bangkok with a group of older adults. Every month a group of the older adults are taken out to a impoverished school where they do activities with the kids.
They set up five stations and each older adult teaches a group of children a craft or cooking activity. Of course, since I loved to cook I helped at one of the cooking tables. Their is no direct translation for the appetizer we made with the kids but it was very healthy snack and the sauce was very spicy. It kind of reminded me of a mini lettuce wrap except the outside was wrapped in a noodle to hold it together. Mine were not very pretty. 🙂
Banbangkhae seems to put a lot of work in closing the gap between young and old. It is very important to the agency that older adults still feel like they can contribute and maintain a reciprocal relationship with the community. The kids were all very excited and the older adults were very patient, even with me. After wards, we passed out food to the kids and took group pictures. It was a great day and I am grateful to have been there.
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