Just an update on the orphanage. They have 200 children aged between 3 -20 yrs. They have 50 acres of land and they use it well to grow some crops, goats, mushrooms and chickens. This is one of the best programsI have seen. They have started vocational courses involving clothes making, basketry etc This I am hoping to develop to help give them a trade or at least knowledge of how to survive in their future. The centre near Yangon has been going from 1976 but funds have been drying up a lot after a lot of initial funding. They completely understand this and instead of trying to rely on donations they actively look for ways of self-funding eg they built 5 huge buildings to house chickens. The well-known CP chickens and eggs loaned them the money to build the houses and took back the loan from each batch of chickens. This started in 1994 and now the houses are starting to decay. However, they share the profits with CP and gain a lot of money to pay for rice for the children to eat.
> As I say I am really impressed with the attitude and forw3ard thinking of this home. Initially I am looking to make wash basins for the girls as at the moment they only use small plastic bowls, I have sent a photo. 15 basins would do as they wash in shifts. I would also like to put in wall or ceiling fans in their sleeping rooms (photo). Thirdly there is an area they have designated as a play area. It would make a great project for CAS, International Awards community action etc. Where the students can design make and build a playground (I did this in Kinabalu very successfully). Or supply the equipment and I could get some volunteers to build it. I am very happy to put in as much input and background if anyone is interested.
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