Bus adventure
Slippery roads
Whenever I think back on the first day on my trip to the project area this May, I am struck with fear of the experience, but praising God for His protection. We were to take the bus from Hakha, the capital of the Chin state to Thantlang, a small town. The monsoon rain had filled the road with mud and it was very slippery. In many places, our bus had do manoeuvre around chunks of mud sliding down from the upper bank of the road.
New school year in the Chin Hills
New school year in the Chin Hills
It has already been two months since Families Together started the 2010-2011 school year in Northern Chin State. This is how our Project Leader remembers the tiresome, yet rewarding time of travelling in the Chin Hills Jungle.
Not so long ago
It has been two months since I came back to Yangon, but it still remains clearly in my memory almost every detail of the trip as if it just happened a day or two ago. I am happy to tell you why it is so.
A village report
One academic year has passed, the final exam results have been declared, and we are preparing to start a new academic year this June. Families Together went to the school and inspected the situation thoroughly in the last week of February and in the first week of March. We are incredibly blessed to the see the developments brought by the projects in this village. Read the rest of this entry »
Seminar season
High Season
These months travelling is easier in Myanmar. The rain has not fallen for a few months and the cool weather in the mountains is a nice change to hot Yangon. The schools take summer break in March, April, and May, so this is the time to invest in the forty-pluss-teachers we have engaged.
Yearly seminars
Every year we invite all the teachers to a teacher training. Usually we have done this in Yangon (see Teacher’s Seminar), but this year we are doing the training in the project areas.
Children Celebrating Christmas in Chin Hills
Celebrating Children
This Christmas, 531 children in various villages in Chin state, beamed with joy as they received Christmas gifts from Families Together. They hurriedly put their new, warm and colourful sweaters on and laughed and talked as they unwrapped colouring books, crayons, pen, pencil, a Christmas card and some candy. Seinadee, our staff travelling there from Yangon with the gifts, weren’t sure what they enjoyed the most, the gift or the celebration we arranged for them. They were all smiles and asked him to make sure to thank everyone who made it possible. Read the rest of this entry »
The Christmas Project – 2009
The project
The Christmas season is a time of celebration and joy among the Christian ethnic groups in Myanmar. Over the last three years we have given Christmas gifts to about 1000 children each year in various Children’s Homes in Yangon. This year we want to help the schools that we support to be able to have a Christmas celebration with gifts, nice food and entertainment.
Families returning to their villages
Our local coordinator in northern Chin state is reporting that families are returning to their villages as a result of the schools opening this June. This is how he evaluates the situation at the moment:
“The two primary schools are running with full momentum with active and enthusiastic support from the local leaders and parents. No student has left the school since it started in June. Teachers are in high morale, with perfect attendances. Read the rest of this entry »
School Start!
Schools in Myanmar starts in June and this is how Families Together experienced it:
We arrived at the first village on May 3; we were warmly welcomed by the local leaders and teachers on the way. It was very interesting to see that every one who was in the village the time we arrived greeted and blessed us with their endless words of thanks. Our material supports had already arrived at the village before us and thus the children crowded us with happy faces and great excitements.
Teacher’s Seminar
Teacher’s Seminar
In May we conducted our third Teacher’s Seminar for the teachers in the Families Together project. The teachers came from their villages and spent three weeks in Yangon. A total of 21 teachers received teaching in these three weeks, and next year we are preparing to conduct two seminars.