Well, not quite literally, but it’s written, reviewed, been put to bed, so to speak, and is now ready for you to read. Why not click this link and get the year-to-date in one place. A word of caution about printing. The version you read is our web-ready version and is meant to be light…
A progress report for an agricultural extension of the Phnom Penh Dormitory project shows that we have hit some of our targets. Despite difficulties that sometimes made it feel like a climb up a slippery slope, we can report some initial success in improving dormer health. Read the 6 month evaluation of the project by…
We were fortunate to have a nurse make one of the visits with us. Jeannie brought with her supplies of first aid – bandages, band aids, antiseptic lotions, surgical tape, and a host of other things – and together with husband, Warren, a pharmacist, spent almost all of two weeks attending to a range of…
Aside from normal maintenance of the school’s grounds, it seems that wherever the eye moves, there’s an improvement that could be made. For example, Volunteers Steve, Warren and Josh, with Joe Bill, our Groundskeeper and some of the locals recently closed in part of our ‘shelter’ turning it into a tool shed . Warren…
With a school of more than 200 students at Loanialu, a cluster of isolated villages in this remote area there is always something to do. Visits by Australian volunteers in 2010 and 2011 provided teacher assistance, student tutoring, help with a host of health issues by a volunteer nurse, new capital works (though on a…
Ever thought about how great a boiled egg and a little milk can taste? If you’re like most people, you probably haven’t. But consider for a moment how they might taste to children who rarely get them. For 350 school-age children in Yangon, Myanmar, the question’s a no-brainer. Thanks to a pilot jointly funded by…
The dormitory management team have been looking at new ways to improve the options and opportunities of our students. In the last two years we have started to run educational programs for dormitory students during the evenings. Last year, we ran a series of environmental exercises, led by Theung, an environmental science student. Other subjects…