Help-Fiji

This week was so busy but so fun. On Tuesday I went to help with FENC. The kids have learned so much since the last time I was there thanks to our team. I learned more about FENC this week so I thought I'd share some statistics. Out of the group of students we teach, only 50% will graduate college. Of those 50% only 5% will go on to University. (in Fiji, High school is called college and college is called University) University tuition here costs $3,000 a semester. The average income of the kids' parents in Nanuku village is about $5,000 a year. That's about $100 a week for a family of 5 and maybe two grandparents. The people in this village are squatters so they do not get help from the government in anything because technically they are there illegally. When it rains, their houses get completely flooded because they basically live in a swamp. The children typically get Scabies and Ringworm at a very young age and are very unhealthy. FENC is probably their only hope in getting out of that village. The only way they can go to university is through academic scholarship. I didn't realize how important our job here was until I found out about the situation these kids are in. We are implementing a classroom management technique called IOL into our classes. IOL stands for inside-out learning. It teaches teachers to use certain management techniques to control their classes so the students can learn at a better pace. I am really excited to see how we can impact FENC and the kids we tutor so they can have a better opportunity at higher education.