Education Thailand Project #15287

Global Education Drive

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Project Report | Jun 9, 2015
Final report for the Global Education Drive

By Kate Robey | Charitable Trust Operations Manager

Dear Supporter,

The overall objective of the Global Education Drive was to work towards improving educational facilities at GVI hubs in Cape Town, Thailand and Costa Rica.

We have allocated and used all of your generous donations on our three different sites and we have seen tangible improvements at the schools and in the communities where the schools are located. Our partners have now decided to suspend the project for 2015.

In Thailand, at our Phang Nga hub, we helped renovate a playroom and a physiotherapy room at the Non-Formal Education Centre (NEC). This has helped create a stimulating and colourful environment for the children, all of whom have special needs.

In Cape Town we had a group of volunteers walk from Cape Point to Table Mountain to raise funds to contribute towards the improvements of Mama Lumka's Educare Centre. This extension has helped create a larger and more practical classroom space. The building and kitting out of this project involved volunteers, who decorated and created recycled recourses for the classroom, as well as employing local builders, electricians and plumbers.

In Costa Rica we helped construct a better educational environment for the pre-school children. It allowed the school to increase its capacity so that more children can get the education that they deserve. It has united the community through education and facilitated a brighter future for the children living there.

We thank you for your support on this project.

Best Wishes,

GVI Charitable Trust

Links:

www.gvi.org

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Mar 26, 2015
Global Education Drive: A Round-Up

By Tyrone Bennett | Head of Alumni Services

Nov 25, 2014
Global Initiative 2014 Thailand

By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations

Dear Supporter,

The Camillian Social Centre Takupa is part of the Saint Camillus Foundation of Thailand. It is a non-profit organisation offering care and rehabilitation for children living with disabilities irrespective of their race, religion or gender. The centre provides day care for around 20 children aged between 4 -19 years old; from a broad spectrum of disabilities including physical handicaps, downs syndrome and autism.

It is the only centre of its kind within the Phang Nga region.

The Camillian Centre not only helps the children but also provides invaluable support to the families not least by allowing the parents and families to go to work.

GVI’s partnership with the Camillian Social Centre started in 2013 and is continuing to go from strength to strength. We now attend the centre three times a week; running English lessons, assisting with physiotherapy, organising sports activities as well as leading arts and crafts sessions. We aim to support the children’s development, education, social skills and general wellbeing.

Recently GVI volunteers from our global initiative project have helped us renovate both the play room and physiotherapy room at the Camillian Centre. Creating a stimulating, colourful and invigorating environment for the children to continue to learn and develop. It took 5 days and 15 people to reach our goal to transform the playroom at the Camilian Centre into an engaging learning environment for primary aged children.

“This time last year we began our partnership with GVI. During this time, approximately 80 volunteers and staff members from GVI Phang Nga Thailand, have supported our children. The children’s development is our highest priority, and without you, our goals would not have been as successfully met. Once again, thank you GVI Thailand. We hope to continue our strong and effective partnership, and look forward to many more fun filled days with volunteers and staff.”

Somchai Yongsripanithan [Co-ordinator at Camillian Social Centre].

Thank you for supporting this project.

All the best

GVI Charitable Trust

Links:

http://www.gvi.org

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