Today was a fairly slow day. We started out at 9am with a few presentations on different volunteer opportunities in Ashkelon. I really liked the sound of the after school daycare at the conservative temple. We also went to a boys and girls club style after school gym, and a organization that helps mentally disabled adults. At this point ITC had a mini meeting while the rest of the group went on to hear a few more opportunities. We found out that we already had our volunteer opportunity set up for us -we will be going to an after school program 2 times a week to tutor 5th grade girls and 9th grade boys on their English work. The way it is set up is that we will spend half the time with each group doing homework and the other half playing learning games. While I am really excited for this program with Emunah, I wish we had not heard about all the other wonderful opportunities when they are not actually options for us.
After the ITC meeting we met up with the bigger group again and were all dropped off for lunch at an outdoor bazaar style area with shops lining the street. And we broke off into small groups to grab a bite and look around before heading back to the bus. When we got to the bus we were joined by a local teen that pointed out some of the "main attractions" of Ashkelon on a 1/2 hour long ride around the town.
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| Pier at the marina .5 miles from the מרכז קליטה |
Later that evening after dinner and such a large portion of our group gathered at the front gate of the מרכז קליטה for a walking tour to Afridar Center - the local shopping/dinning area. We all wondered around once we got there and finally all settled at a very long table at the local pub.
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| Photo op! |
We all hung out for a while and talked - it seems that we are really getting to know each other now and it just feels natural to all be sitting around talking in this place across the world from home.
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