Individual Vocational Day visits today

Wednesday the 23rd of March has been another busy day for the GSE team here in Devonport. We each had individual vocational visits arranged for us for the day and spent the evening with our host families. Christina is the only team member I have been in contact with today as our host families joined together for the evening meal. We both had very pleasant experiences today. I was able to visit the Devonport Playcentre and the Devonport House Creche, and the offices of the Devonport Community Coordinator and the Devonport Community House Manager. I learned many new things today about how Early Childhood Programs are funded in New Zealand, how policies in regards to Early Childhood and Family Programming have changed in recent years and the impact all of this has on programs here. I also had the opportunity to exchange a great deal of information with the Community folks about assessing and addressing unique community needs. It was a very productive day for me today. On a personal note, I enjoyed my first sushi experience at lunch today thanks to the gentle and generous guidance of Community Coordinator MaireVieth. Each day I am gaining new knowledge, hopefully sharing some of what I know and growing as a person and a professional. I am also growing in my confidence that Rotary will become a second family for me. The more I am out in communities (halfway around the world even) the more impressed I am with Rotary and the great work it does.