CKYC African Drum Team Visited the Nursing Home

蔡繼有書院非洲鼓隊探訪安老院

A total number of 8 students and teacher of CKYC African drum team went to the nursing house called Asilo de Betânia located in Macau on April 29th, visiting the elderly there as well as performing African drum for them.

In order to prepare for the visit, the African drum team had trained multiple times throughout April. On the day of the visit, the African drum team arrived at the nursing house at 4 p.m. and was warmly welcomed by the elderly and workers. As the beginning of the visit, the teacher and students performed an African drum song, providing the elderly with a basic understanding of this kind of music. Then, one of the students introduced the elderly to African drum and encouraged them to join the performance by patting some parts of their own body as well as singing some simple lyrics. After that, the elderly and the drum team successfully performed a song together. When the performance was finished, the students took the drums to the elderly and taught them to play the drum by themselves. The activity came to an end around 5 p.m. and the drum team left the nursing house wild with joy.

This activity was more than meaningful, through which the members of the African drum team made great progress in the RC Competencies of Cultural Engagement, Teamwork and Collaboration and Responsible Citizenship. One of the team members said he didn’t have opportunity to participate in similar activities when in high school and that through this experience, he had a better knowledge of community service and also gained real happiness from serving the community.

 

蔡繼有書院非洲鼓隊共8名師生於四月二十九日來到了位於澳門半島的伯大尼安老院探訪長者，並為他們進行了非洲鼓表演。

為了準備是次探訪，非洲鼓隊在四月份進行了多次訓練。探訪當天，非洲鼓隊於下午四時到達了伯大尼安老院，受到了長者和工作人員的熱烈歡迎。作為探訪的開始，師生們一齊演奏了一首非洲鼓音樂，使長者對這種音樂形式有了初步認識。之後，一名隊員向長者介紹了非洲鼓音樂，並鼓勵他們通過拍打身體部位與歌唱簡單歌詞的方式加入演奏，師生們便與長者成功合奏了一首非洲鼓音樂。表演結束後，同學們又將鼓帶到長者身邊，讓長者親身體驗打鼓。下午五時左右，探訪活動圓滿結束，非洲鼓隊在長者和工作人員的歡送下離開了安老院。

是次活動意義具有良好意義。通過本次活動，非洲鼓隊隊員在文化參與，團隊協作，公民責任心等方面的書院勝任力都得到了較大的提升。一名隊員表示：自己在中學時期沒有機會參加類似的活動，通過這次新的體驗，自己對於社群服務有了更深入的了解，也收穫了服務社會的快樂。