In January, two weeks after the start of the school year, Grade 11 went down south to Hambantota for 5 days. The first and the last day we were just having fun around the hotel and in the rooms, but duriung the 3 days in between, two groups of us went to two different schools in two different villages in the area of Hambantota. There, we participated in an activity of painting the walls in those schools, which were built by OSC after the Tsunami.
I did work on a murial on one of the walls, and also helped with the painting of the walls, the doors and the windows around the whole place.
With this, I have undertaken new challenges, because I haven't participated in this kind of activities before, and I haven't painted walls nor windows and doors. Also, I have done something like murials in art, but I've never done it on a wall.
Apart from this, we planned and initiated our activities, because before we started, even before the trip while we were still in school we made plans about who is going to work on what, so we don't waste too much time when we're there. And because I was in the murial group, we came up with a theme and we came up with the whole design before the trip.
During the painting, I worked collaboratively with others while painting, which is normal because this is a group activity.
I also showed perseverance and commitment in my activities, because apart from doing the murals, which was the only thing I was supposed to do, I also helped people with other stuff, like painting the windows and the other walls, as well as moving things around and cleaning the equipment.
With participating in this activity, I was engaged with issues of global importance, because we are helping people that are dealing with poverty and education, and I have contributed to the children having more convinient facilities while in school.
With the whole activity, I have developed new skills, because as I mentioned for the first time I painted walls.
This is me painting the background of the murial
