My second week at Sewa Houston was filled with
purposeful activity and community service initiatives. On Monday, I organized
an acculturation assessment questionnaire in order to gauge assimilation
disparities between the refugee children and their parents. Sathvika and I met
with Rohit, our Refugee Empowerment mentor, and spoke about the refugee
empowerment programming carried out by previous interns. We discussed creating
an ESL class for the adults that could facilitated into the computer literacy
classes. I also presented the acculturation assessment questionnaire to Rohit.
We contemplated out loud about the reception of the Bhutanese beneficiary in creating
a support-system program where parents and children can openly discuss
assimilation issues. On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to give a Career Day
presentation to Alief ISD students on the importance of pursuing the higher
education. While I felt that high school kids would benefit more from this kind
of presentation, I received really positive signals from the students and
teachers in the intermediary school. On Wednesday, I was able to implement the
acculturation questionnaire and got positive feedback from my first case study.
The subject of my first case study was an eleven year old Bhutanese boy born in
a Nepali refugee camp. On Thursday, I participated in the immunization drive
and assisted the public health team in garnering children. Overall, it was a
wonderful second week at Sewa Houston.
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