By Philippe van Gammeren | IT & Marketing
It has been an interesting couple of months with loads of activities and development. In this report, we would like to highlight a few of them and we want to invite you to pay a visit to our renewed website where you can now stay up to date with our daily activities: www.ghre.org
Young Empowered Professionals - Vocational Training
We began the first of many specialized vocational classes for our new Young Empowered Professionals (YEP) program. We developed this new program in the hopes of creating new opportunities to our students. YEP is established as a link from our school to a more specialized education in Hospitality; including IT, Thai, Advanced English, and general Business skills. As a future extension to YEP, we have also started to develop a Social Enterprise Endeavor with Umenohana as the primary partner. The main objective of SEE is to open a restaurant/café that assists, trains, employs and prepares students of our school for the working world. Currently there are six motivated students attending the first classes of Advanced English in Hospitality.
Anti-Drug Campaign
Our students collaborated and participated with the Khuk Khak Thai Highschool in an Anti-Drug campaign. With a 1000 people strong, we walked the streets for an hour, waving the ASEAN flags, to advocate and raise awareness among the local Thai and Burmese community in order to fight the distribution and use of illegal drugs, which is a growing problem in both Thailand and Myanmar.
Renewed Library
We've been trying to organize and make our library more accessible and inviting to our students. The library was once a room that was little used. We invested in bookcases, tables and chairs, and made the area more spacious to read, study or just to relax and take a break. We've been successful in our efforts and students now love to come here every day to grab their favorite books, play games and sing songs. It's now also a place where volunteers enjoy to sit and mix their working time connecting with the students.
Fire Fighting Drill
The Takuapa Fire Department and Takuapa Municipality conducted a fire fighting drill at our school. This activity was supported by our Safe School Program. Our students learned how to act in case of fire. They were provided with knowledge regarding different types of fire extinguishers and the proper ways to use them in an emergency. It was a very exciting exercise and an activity long talked about by our students.
Amazing Volunteers
We were lucky to have some great volunteers the last couple of months. We are always pleased to hear that volunteers are willing to commit their time and effort to support our teachers and office staff with new ideas and a strong helping hand. Especially our students, who love to have volunteers around to teach them English, creative arts, learn new games and hang around with in the library singing English songs and reading English books. In return, our volunteers have a first-hand Burmese experience and learn so much about their culture, being a migrant in Thailand and their challenges in life. When their stay comes to an end, which always comes too early, they become much needed international ambassadors to our organization.
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