Hello Everyone,
Last Thursday I had the chance to spend some time participating in a simulation related to poverty. Of course, this wasn't seeing the public but we got to learn about what kinds of things people went through and how stressful the environment was.
Please note that the community service I have done was quite minimal at the point. I have six hours left and most of that was sorting food. The Saturday after the simulation took place I had an hour and a half training for the warming shelter. My contact with the citizens of our community was extremely small.
The simulation itself was pretty straightforward. I had the job of running the day care and making sure the people sent their children here, payed for the fees, etc. There were two families who didn't have to pay a penny for childcare because their family had "prepaid." The others, however didn't seem to want to have their children cared for.
At the start of the simulation, week one, everyone and their mother's brought their stuffed dolls to me. At the end of the week, people forgot to pick up their children and pay their fees so I had to enlist the help of the police officer who sent these people to jail.
The whole experience made me realize, especially in my part, that people don't get the help that they need. At one of the stations there was a voucher to pay for child care an no one got the voucher. I was shocked because I even said that they were available when I introduced myself. Since most of the simulation there wasn't a whole lot for me to do, I was able to people watch. I saw the small groups of strangers sitting on the floor in their "homes" and arguing about how to pay for things just to pay for food, transportation, etc. It was kind of eye opening.
Until Next Time,
~Amanda
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