When i was in my last year in high school, the Interact Club had organised a visit to an orphanage that was located 30km away from my city ” Sfax”. The trip was comprised of thirty members and accompanied by three teachers. We boarded a bus from our high school to the destination and arrived at about 10.00 a.m in the morning.
Visiting the orphanage had a profound impact on me as a person. Working with children is foreign to me and was a huge learning curve. It really showed me how simple things can make people happy and have a positive impact on someone’s life. Seeing the children smiling and offering the ‘older’ role model position gave the children someone to cuddle and become friends with. Reading, colouring and playing with the children and seeing how happy this made them is something I will never forget. It really showed me how important the little things in life are.

By: Firas Abid