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Theatre Club at Jacaranda School

Meryem Korun 19 year-old volunteer, talks about theater at the Jacaranda school and her stay in Malawi.

"The students are very good actors and dancers, and very enthusiastic too. Our plan is to put together a musical, based on the children's real lives, every day lives, and their dreams and visions of the future. We are collecting scenes right now, and then we will put them in order. One of the scenes, for instance, will be: the walk to school. The children have also written songs, some in English, some in Chichewa. The musical will start with actors making statements such as: "I want to be a pilot, because I want to fly high in the sky", then a solo song will start, and then the whole choir will join in."

"I started acting in primary school. In high school, we performed several musicals: Chicago; Monthy Python; Tommy (from the Who); and the White Album (from the Beatles). Then I worked for a few months as an entertainer at Legoland in Duisburg. That was a fun experience, I spent a lot of time with children, dressed as a pirate!"

"I feel at home here in Malawi because I now know a lot of people and a lot of different places. It's easier here to meet people than in Germany, you just need to talk to them! I had an interest in Africa for a long time because my aunt spent 25 years in Uganda and she was sending us letters, pictures. From a young age, I dreamt of Africa."

"I would like to study intercultural communication and then work with NGO's or the UN. I'm even thinking of spending more time in Malawi, after my one-year stay as a volunteer. And then travel in Africa."

"People should come and experience Malawi, they should just come and see it by themselves. Wherever you go, people invite you in their homes. So you don't feel homesick at all!"

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Posted: Apr 13 10 by Marie Da Silva | Comment On This Post [0]