tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15121998765644835832024-02-21T08:29:23.909+00:00Forthview Visits the Thai / Burma BorderForthview and Hle Bee Schools have a partnership link supported by the DfID/British Council's Global Schools Partnership Programme. Fiona Vacher and Irvine Wright, Forthview teachers are visiting Hle Bee this summer. Mary Gillespie, Headteacher of Pirniehall, our neighbouring school in Edinburgh and 2 of her teachers are also travelling to Say Ta Nar School, their link Burmese school. Check our her blog on www.pirniehall.blogspot.com.Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-22764581163169413602010-07-24T10:48:00.002+00:002010-07-24T10:55:24.489+00:00Thank you Forthview Teachers for our uniforms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSPe3xMGYTlTeuEaQkiGfqns2qucJqgmlvgH5zFe2avrcyX7HfSLlvxA-6HNnflulwdVNjh9OGFNRICNois7ksthbj7GEZQ__SEFLvmMT7SMWn6Omcl9fYWJMNafSd6femHZhOH7G6ZWf/s1600/tuesday+13th+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497424617878519298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSPe3xMGYTlTeuEaQkiGfqns2qucJqgmlvgH5zFe2avrcyX7HfSLlvxA-6HNnflulwdVNjh9OGFNRICNois7ksthbj7GEZQ__SEFLvmMT7SMWn6Omcl9fYWJMNafSd6femHZhOH7G6ZWf/s320/tuesday+13th+003.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Very quietly around Christmas, two Forthview teachers sent Headteacher Thazin money to buy school uniforms for the Grade 6 children going on to High School. All the Grade 6 children we met said thank you for this. As they are scattered around the high schools, we only managed to get photos of Phyu Phyu Win and Si Si Win in their uniforms but here they are. 'Thank you teachers. We always remember you.'</div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-76158642783526156432010-07-24T10:35:00.008+00:002010-07-24T10:45:52.354+00:00Hle Bee's ever improving buildingMon Sein showed Geoff the impressive water purification system, which was installed last year and which he manages. He's Thazin's brother and the tuk tuk driver/janny.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtb9lAGpbSEy9nth91ae0KVQgmsdnkTzJQoud9P0DgaM8U45RKMpvNR1turfQP8bcBMMc3BfIfaI9L-pkS13XGotM-ZmV6QZROcBwelsu05XLbERuNFo17rAg2_Y9utYenAuL6WzsYdF7/s1600/IMG_3541.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497420877699249746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtb9lAGpbSEy9nth91ae0KVQgmsdnkTzJQoud9P0DgaM8U45RKMpvNR1turfQP8bcBMMc3BfIfaI9L-pkS13XGotM-ZmV6QZROcBwelsu05XLbERuNFo17rAg2_Y9utYenAuL6WzsYdF7/s320/IMG_3541.JPG" /></a> Here you can see Mon Sein's new house. He lived in the demolished tuck shop. It's a bit like a gatehouse now because they've built a gate to secure the school site. You can see it on the left of the picture below.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_hZfgbWynidDe-X59yuko_8dHc-2MgvJGFnwGcwOWLDl3jdAorrNUExd71EXRpfE7lb7OVFmbP4Kpw6HIe4stBNn92Jm6lDT15ATf8gefjxukG92UfsqaXABj4rCJb_g3J4k1ow6tCcm/s1600/IMG_3544.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497420713556489042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_hZfgbWynidDe-X59yuko_8dHc-2MgvJGFnwGcwOWLDl3jdAorrNUExd71EXRpfE7lb7OVFmbP4Kpw6HIe4stBNn92Jm6lDT15ATf8gefjxukG92UfsqaXABj4rCJb_g3J4k1ow6tCcm/s320/IMG_3544.JPG" /></a> Last year, we watched them build the teachers' house on the right. It's finished now but the teachers are all new, we don't know any of them.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShKLOC3ctFH03Zp8BoalG_6l9zrLfzoLHkvWE9T7tbB6WAm-C0P0UYYMhyphenhyphenklrUXfvad-ag0f9hGSOkL01oVP-8pnqdlWzBrdnVtlsqXabzLYzXEa7dm0lhQKQlmgrMa_GZZWR_OWvxQbX/s1600/IMG_3545.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497420556723057378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShKLOC3ctFH03Zp8BoalG_6l9zrLfzoLHkvWE9T7tbB6WAm-C0P0UYYMhyphenhyphenklrUXfvad-ag0f9hGSOkL01oVP-8pnqdlWzBrdnVtlsqXabzLYzXEa7dm0lhQKQlmgrMa_GZZWR_OWvxQbX/s320/IMG_3545.JPG" /></a><br />A new wee house has been built for headteacher Thazin and for Wei Hei, her niece. The tuk tuk is parked in front of it. <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwWkVcG2m-6nvC_D0Xe-60GXzPKIfg8Ga-qK_TBBtXCFRw4oWkKawWFj72kJIzsBEwcoiqomFm5_i7V8sYK9srimzXw7GCJwjBbOmqHl_NGWbuNe8-wRYcj4e3cOppYjK33UeSslT2PYY/s1600/IMG_3546.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497420416286924962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwWkVcG2m-6nvC_D0Xe-60GXzPKIfg8Ga-qK_TBBtXCFRw4oWkKawWFj72kJIzsBEwcoiqomFm5_i7V8sYK9srimzXw7GCJwjBbOmqHl_NGWbuNe8-wRYcj4e3cOppYjK33UeSslT2PYY/s320/IMG_3546.JPG" /></a><br />The building at the back is the one that had its leaf roof blown off in the storm and has been rebuilt with a metal roof and made bigger.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXH5a8b4pPECYJU4A1V3X_Lh8IwwYa3zwEMRXkRnJWNQsANzYWKo_mHlttVWywTSI3mwIINqZIv_xfGzK31qV7AVT_c6yes5lzSIaf3kZAo83ZcTOjbXqy59aMRrLneJ__NHqjuLdW1Y7/s1600/IMG_3547.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497420237873711954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXH5a8b4pPECYJU4A1V3X_Lh8IwwYa3zwEMRXkRnJWNQsANzYWKo_mHlttVWywTSI3mwIINqZIv_xfGzK31qV7AVT_c6yes5lzSIaf3kZAo83ZcTOjbXqy59aMRrLneJ__NHqjuLdW1Y7/s320/IMG_3547.JPG" /></a> Better shot of the gate which slides along.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItaV2pLe8oSup8Vn7tcZLIraDDFOBc11BmcG_P7MkOfqP4q8zaMY0uJE15l8UQvr9b8r9D0xbFBJAST7nGqwik5MsiVFALuSNpBRkJ7gkVjjjF0w8Zor62nkGCpQY9Cx4M2dqGQgnGsPG/s1600/IMG_3548.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497420080049449634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItaV2pLe8oSup8Vn7tcZLIraDDFOBc11BmcG_P7MkOfqP4q8zaMY0uJE15l8UQvr9b8r9D0xbFBJAST7nGqwik5MsiVFALuSNpBRkJ7gkVjjjF0w8Zor62nkGCpQY9Cx4M2dqGQgnGsPG/s320/IMG_3548.JPG" /></a><br />Finally, Dr Elisabetta had just had 2 bags of rice delivered to cook for the children's meals. Hard times continue at Hle Bee. Mon Sein told us, 'No curry, only rice.'<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ToupWeBoNbujayczX5R-I2iISdLNZO-rXHGH6bt3h-9UzuH1UGEtDXn8hzqe5AZzM7-ju__-w7_fJjX0dbb3DBGxarfBwvWOorkKxVtdb4wgGam-X64ktNyepktQi96CWKicsrL0bP8Z/s1600/IMG_3550.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497419907661702130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ToupWeBoNbujayczX5R-I2iISdLNZO-rXHGH6bt3h-9UzuH1UGEtDXn8hzqe5AZzM7-ju__-w7_fJjX0dbb3DBGxarfBwvWOorkKxVtdb4wgGam-X64ktNyepktQi96CWKicsrL0bP8Z/s320/IMG_3550.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-83694650794075854912010-07-24T10:28:00.004+00:002010-07-24T10:34:54.127+00:00The Hle Bee family<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRegLgI9D72h1B491hK0fx0u5BBjCCTmU2geidy_TXYWrgmwtrl1sc8T9gNors_5tJYIGKvbUomBEwMZfrkqnOnNACqjQ3IaQIZr-U39k_n8iXsEvd9VZGOdA_rGQyE_wL0mQkWP76IA2/s1600/IMG_3559.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497419235834451378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRegLgI9D72h1B491hK0fx0u5BBjCCTmU2geidy_TXYWrgmwtrl1sc8T9gNors_5tJYIGKvbUomBEwMZfrkqnOnNACqjQ3IaQIZr-U39k_n8iXsEvd9VZGOdA_rGQyE_wL0mQkWP76IA2/s320/IMG_3559.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxO0UjatPYrLnTqQ5AVTdtV2fNOqkhIgle9b_MqTL1D74JLg5nc6Y2eMZw7u-PZaz9kP_QB9Kmw95-t5PMW0KaqFpnYoJpICmks5SPQQAv9CVwmQwpwcdBLyg2AoClkxon3-rjmFh3PsLB/s1600/IMG_3551.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497419116810246514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxO0UjatPYrLnTqQ5AVTdtV2fNOqkhIgle9b_MqTL1D74JLg5nc6Y2eMZw7u-PZaz9kP_QB9Kmw95-t5PMW0KaqFpnYoJpICmks5SPQQAv9CVwmQwpwcdBLyg2AoClkxon3-rjmFh3PsLB/s320/IMG_3551.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div>We made a last visit to Hle Bee on Friday, the day everyone was celebrating the start of Buddhist Lent and sadly the only people at school were Mon Sein, his wife and Y Sander Way, the baby Louise has always been very fond of. Wei Hei was there too. We had brought some presents for Y Sander Way, Wei Hei and Toto, the children of Hle Bee staff. Each year, we bring photos we've printed of the baby Y Sander Way and this thrills her mum and dad. She is almost 3 and loves them now herself. </div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497418821727549362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zWZHmvii23Gcyjx878XOBXMosFIhKJSFQQNDV2l2uBUHS8uLw6Z1DPnB5HyJPmWXh4GTrlt6yYREWEjgYcmo5ysQ_gvzMOH8Y_VtS1leirjhLwSq0Q6YbU7jeAUZy6QoR7hVooj5XSDz/s320/IMG_3537.JPG" /></div></div></div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-21675988132448861972010-07-24T10:22:00.003+00:002010-07-24T10:28:17.050+00:00Aung AungWe got a lovely surprise last Sunday night when we got a phone call, 'Teacher Sheila, it's Aung Aung. Can I come and see you?' So on Monday morning, we shared a wee breakfast with Aung Aung, who was the oldest boy at Hle Bee when we first went. He was Jason Cunningham's friend and he immediately asked us how Jason was. Somebody please tell Ruby to tell Jason. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497417285573821714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWrz13tozWZoy9Dn-PwAD6B46x6ACo2rxIi-d2RwTsM3BhljvPftd2iq5gvNdEKS8OORMjZSPOcFaTL0dNV-aO27lIbaRZ9o72WIXKO5RqHfbPOpX1hZDHOTZPe4p6lrhHQWsEySc27-m/s320/Monday+19th+003.jpg" /> <div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Aung Aung is now 17 and is at New Blood School in Grade 9. He is a boarder but goes home every week to his home in the paddy fields. Yup that's the one I fell in. His English continues to improve and he looks great. We took the laptop down to the cafe and sat and showed him photos of himself 4 years ago when he was 13. We were touched that he made the effort to find us and see us. We haven't seen him for 2 years. Just lovely.</div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-9752822115212619062010-07-24T09:48:00.010+00:002010-07-24T10:47:10.899+00:00Hle Bee 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCvJ7iKPS35kEAsdxWAoaA6yvIYLsGeKdjzj8dOkXUM__o_PrqQJFPlLj_BKE12KvOU6QpGPsOj0q0Ygf6LblkGtsL0BmRjfcVOH-tK-1Mc3zc_ZPCZptVd7aqVxw-1O30LjATAubNjV-/s1600/IMG_0091.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497409362583781842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCvJ7iKPS35kEAsdxWAoaA6yvIYLsGeKdjzj8dOkXUM__o_PrqQJFPlLj_BKE12KvOU6QpGPsOj0q0Ygf6LblkGtsL0BmRjfcVOH-tK-1Mc3zc_ZPCZptVd7aqVxw-1O30LjATAubNjV-/s320/IMG_0091.JPG" /></a> The Campie teachers visited Hle Bee on Friday 9 July, after their first visit to CDC. It was right at the end of the week and the classes were mostly working on their own as the staff were all having a meeting. The children were as friendly as ever as you can see above. The Grade 3 and 4 children were delighted to see Louise Laing as she had taught them from August 09 - January 2010.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibO8Ld-6AnZLHpaeJRMGdxq7af_OarnmtniCcVlqkcjAhYhFVUCnbkoyk46yLXFRu4NNZVaE3z3GX8MwchI6Exg_I_Nkt3hj6tqoQauLTNJbjXPIGrLywf2Z52Nq7I7Gv5_H3FpWyxXreA/s1600/IMG_0090.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497409106403451746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibO8Ld-6AnZLHpaeJRMGdxq7af_OarnmtniCcVlqkcjAhYhFVUCnbkoyk46yLXFRu4NNZVaE3z3GX8MwchI6Exg_I_Nkt3hj6tqoQauLTNJbjXPIGrLywf2Z52Nq7I7Gv5_H3FpWyxXreA/s320/IMG_0090.JPG" /></a> The classes and buildings have changed a bit since last year. Thazin, the headteacher, has discontinued the Grade 5 and Grade 6 classes as there were so few children in them and so many further down the school. Funding played a part in this and Hle Bee has continued to struggle for funding this year. Additionally, a storm earlier in the year blew the roof of the Grade 4 building, which was the big building at the back so they used this opportunity to knock down the tuckshop house and extend those classrooms and put a new metal roof on the back building from funding they managed to obtain.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUg_J67UHHNWAKcgVJC-R3NCW6R4Wy5gDodAqos3cGprKocPIzrAaqPkZIi-7qWbNnrzLV_Yxj_UZNE5kknPOVWnkCKisCM32OYX9wW6TAd1dwkcxsJIM2axFveNvGl_W2aed9oBnUpye/s1600/IMG_0089.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497408725459027154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUg_J67UHHNWAKcgVJC-R3NCW6R4Wy5gDodAqos3cGprKocPIzrAaqPkZIi-7qWbNnrzLV_Yxj_UZNE5kknPOVWnkCKisCM32OYX9wW6TAd1dwkcxsJIM2axFveNvGl_W2aed9oBnUpye/s320/IMG_0089.JPG" /></a> I was delighted to see the Art Teacher there. He was teaching Grade 3 and has been one of the constants in Hle Bee's ever changing staff team for the last 4 years. He told me he had read about Campie's Tent Arrests for Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday and was one of many to ask why I had started a new partnership. They find it hard to understand that I am at a new school now. Also that nobody has come from Hle Bee to Forthview and that has halted the funding for the partnership. </div><div></div><div>There were one or two children in Grade 4 who remembered Teacher Irvine from last year. Way Lu Kyaw is in Grade 4 for the 4th year running, having failed his examination every single year. He was the only child there I really knew well, having visited his family the day I fell in the paddy field ditch. The Grade 5 and Grade 6 pupils have gone on to high school OR back to Burma OR out to work. We were happy that so many of them have made it on to high school. </div><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497408416561762562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRUJcFeanaJ6VB_Z12jNIWYAOmDpoQS-IN32yiXEezA3UQRwxdb-3YUCfN8GIDzH8hw_OC-zsP87621hyphenhyphenaLNqCNjmiqRUNBEDUP37hLTJgUApIlLRkfz5t13Rq_AaJJ_2kiu754kVBcux/s320/end+of+week+047.jpg" />Dr Cynthia Maung of Mae Tao clinic called together a meeting of the 3 Mae Sot schools that now have a Global Schools Partnership. The Pirniehall teachers had arrived so it was represented by 5 of the 6 schools involved - Say Ta Nar and Pirniehall, Campie and CDC and Thazin 9pictured above) came to represent Forthview/Hle Bee. At the meeting, Thazin spoke of her fears of travelling outside Thailand. She is really terrified to go back to Burma in case she is arrested. However, her nephew Yen Yen, who teaches at the school is free to go to Burma as is our Guardian Angel so the plan is that they will get passports then try to come to Forthview next Spring. They will need money to pay for passports and visas. However, we have had a very effective fundraising group going on for most of the last year and together the 3 Scottish schools should manage this fine. So that is the plan to take Forthview-Hle Bee partnership forward. It would mean that 2 Forthiew teachers may be able to come to Hle Bee next year, which would make Hle Bee so happy.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW39WpKqXwLxAFn7-lW2gAxoaRfcerv7jQzi7y8Yud4hyTVKJis26wKqwqSzSIMGmX78MBzG_kVGTxVwuaueh2XuTBhk5_smwZR4IWTQeHtiNJosTRRbJhF7G5qz4hFeUKlGXWV4CkD2bS/s1600/CC.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497408273466053314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW39WpKqXwLxAFn7-lW2gAxoaRfcerv7jQzi7y8Yud4hyTVKJis26wKqwqSzSIMGmX78MBzG_kVGTxVwuaueh2XuTBhk5_smwZR4IWTQeHtiNJosTRRbJhF7G5qz4hFeUKlGXWV4CkD2bS/s320/CC.JPG" /></a> This is a wonderful picture of our dear friends Si Si Win and Phyu Phyu Win, engaged in debate at CDC, working with Campie teachers. As you can see, the girls are very well and LOVING high school so much. They are very keen to know how Teacher Irvine and Teacher Fiona are and were disappointed not to see you both Fiona and Irvine.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dtW0-saqZIDYjcRIJYtDUmD449-UX-3Qikg5xcDca2ZcPeVXsWkMcrggTYUcS8tB0_5VdBZ0TYDXw611He3_FFHK_SIekAcbp6r-5nogCKZCwAGJBLjMcAK-vvk0dp_8zVTD0x8yP9CH/s1600/end+of+week+118.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497408149240408498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dtW0-saqZIDYjcRIJYtDUmD449-UX-3Qikg5xcDca2ZcPeVXsWkMcrggTYUcS8tB0_5VdBZ0TYDXw611He3_FFHK_SIekAcbp6r-5nogCKZCwAGJBLjMcAK-vvk0dp_8zVTD0x8yP9CH/s320/end+of+week+118.jpg" /></a> Here is Little Htet, the very clever boy who was in Grade 6 last year. We met him while we were visiting Si Si Win's house and he looks great. Irvine, he remembers you! We told him we would show you this photo.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3JyYcNw1KpntP7t7VZLmEobJXeCMiw1l9NaPhE9jBgQHtdpoE-5fd0_-Q_XbEXD5aN0pAaJGNZlyHPQgKh0mYxky3GvMZFpVGffX1ZrOb6DvKepF2zQb9_75UIFwD6Yz5CIhcrDDxJUB/s1600/end+of+week+110.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497408020403469666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3JyYcNw1KpntP7t7VZLmEobJXeCMiw1l9NaPhE9jBgQHtdpoE-5fd0_-Q_XbEXD5aN0pAaJGNZlyHPQgKh0mYxky3GvMZFpVGffX1ZrOb6DvKepF2zQb9_75UIFwD6Yz5CIhcrDDxJUB/s320/end+of+week+110.jpg" /></a> Finally, we also went to Phyu Phyu Win's house. You may remember during our second visit, Fiona and I were eating at the night market and they took us over to see Phyu Phyu Win's house and we were distressed because it was a tiny corrugated iron shed for 6 people to live in. Last year she had moved to a better house. We met her at CDC and arranged with her to meet her at her home then go to visit Si Si Win's family (Irvine and Fiona had gone to Si Si Win's house last year and we wanted to visit again.) However this year, when we went to PPW's house, she wasn't in. When we saw her at school on the Monday, she told me they'd been waiting and Si Si Win's mum had made loads of food but we didn't come. Eventually we discovered that Phyu Phyu Win had moved house again and she hadn't told us so we went to the wrong house! So Burmese. In this photo, you can see Si Si Win, Phyu Phyu Win and Su Pone Chit lying on top of Louise. They all love Louise here and she makes our visits so much easier because she can speak some Burmese. Don't the girls look great? Su Pone Chit is at Satoolay (not how you spell it!) School with Tominaing and Sau Tong Chit Win. The children were all asking for their Scottish friends. Si Si Win, asking for Sophie, Phyu Phyu Win asking for Christopher, Su Pone Chit asking for Steven Grieve. </div><div></div><div>It was lovely to be at Hle Bee but they really did miss their Forthview teachers.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-61561997119516709982010-07-08T23:31:00.002+00:002010-07-08T23:33:32.141+00:00Summer 2010 in Mae SotSadly Forthview are not able to come to Mae Sot this summer as we are waiting on a Burmese teacher from Hle Bee coming over to Forthview. However, Pirniehall are arriving in Mae Sot on 12 July 2010 and Campie are already there so keep up to date on their blogs.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pirniehall.blogspot.com/">www.pirniehall.blogspot.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.campieburma.blogspot.com/">www.campieburma.blogspot.com</a>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-60864376891963469542010-06-07T21:17:00.001+00:002010-06-07T21:19:23.426+00:00Beond Rangoon at Leith Festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOyiWJqe9RuoyVU5hMoVT8B4G1Z0QhCc_ZJz5ZS7DyqDXI9itP6sbYhOYx3Yii5Cv9Az4i6KCC6hYFkWJo-nI7vCNChH5Z-ABzBCXRHKHnv-y_8PqCXqg-HyosMuYIcsKhyphenhyphenwyqIHemZh-/s1600/Beyond+Rangoon+Poster.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 154px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480144428029307778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOyiWJqe9RuoyVU5hMoVT8B4G1Z0QhCc_ZJz5ZS7DyqDXI9itP6sbYhOYx3Yii5Cv9Az4i6KCC6hYFkWJo-nI7vCNChH5Z-ABzBCXRHKHnv-y_8PqCXqg-HyosMuYIcsKhyphenhyphenwyqIHemZh-/s200/Beyond+Rangoon+Poster.jpg" /></a><br /><div>To celebrate Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday, St Margaret's Church, Easter Road are showing the film Beyond Rangoon at 7.30pm on Friday 18 June. All welcome. Admission free. </div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-73244369569993537012010-06-07T21:14:00.002+00:002010-06-07T21:17:41.895+00:00Ms Vacher and family walk for Burma.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrsWKs3r3Mu0TK1XGzrWurmX7z3ct8b-uBhnhRzgluPaqfCfK_CXJTdnURgeK8rPgqgtwCS_1K2ItEyfiaxEq2137dJfj9PCleKp-GnppskgyojroFJ8k_7hUZ88evh1on-MWbx9bi3yq/s1600/IMG_3346.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480143949878177762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrsWKs3r3Mu0TK1XGzrWurmX7z3ct8b-uBhnhRzgluPaqfCfK_CXJTdnURgeK8rPgqgtwCS_1K2ItEyfiaxEq2137dJfj9PCleKp-GnppskgyojroFJ8k_7hUZ88evh1on-MWbx9bi3yq/s200/IMG_3346.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Ms Vacher might not be at Forthview just now but she and her family walked in the pouring rain on Sunday 6th June. They hope to raise about £200. Well done. That brings the total up to about £2200 so far. Here's a drookit photo of them.</div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-36106259422044714982010-05-29T07:29:00.003+00:002010-05-29T07:39:19.617+00:00A Marathon Effort to bring Burmese Teachers to Scotland<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IGzrKXVXi2BZfHp0od50-_DkDftA3RAlkylYGIgh-QAsVeka4JVn7zVbT0B452Ws8Ib0NIjeByfTZb7cN09Lg4-L2Mc_74LmbL1YtVh5bJw7p54ikAi2bm3DMhsxsy8jG8MpYNoSdYz4/s1600/Edinburgh+marathon.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 66px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476593311804919330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IGzrKXVXi2BZfHp0od50-_DkDftA3RAlkylYGIgh-QAsVeka4JVn7zVbT0B452Ws8Ib0NIjeByfTZb7cN09Lg4-L2Mc_74LmbL1YtVh5bJw7p54ikAi2bm3DMhsxsy8jG8MpYNoSdYz4/s200/Edinburgh+marathon.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Miss Vacher, Mr Stobie, Miss Campbell, Ms Laing and 7 Campie folk worked really hard on Marathon Day to raise the extra money we need to bring the Burmese teachers over to Scotland in September. 4 Campie teachers ran the Marathon in a relay and the children sponsored them £412.92......WOW! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Then 11 Forthview and Campie folk worked hard as a RACE CREW all day. We managed the relay changeover at Seton Sands and we were paid £165 for that. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So all in all £577.92 raised from our Marathon efforts.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Then Campie P6 and P7 had one of the famous Campie Cake Sales on Friday and they raised £191.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Putting that with our Kilts N Longyis ceilidh and some Campie chidren having sales outside their houses, tat brings our total for the Burmese Teacher Fund to £1727. That pays for 2 Burmese passports! And a bit left over for visas, travel to get visas and passports. We still have 2 cake sales to go, Spree books to sell and a Sponsored HOUSE ARREST to go. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Thanks to all the Forthview, Campie and Pirniehall folk making this possible. </div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-49426405852587141232010-05-23T19:57:00.003+00:002010-05-23T20:08:41.375+00:00Forthview and Campie work together at Edinburgh Marathon<div>Today, a team of Forthview and Campie teachers, friends and parents joined forc<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaX9w2I-qqeUBU08AuQpVyOD6oLsnJGyZxwelVrKltum3T7H7lfZ0emuoZ4X9Sel7lZFNter8Acxv0hJI252ilkdROwTr4jnxRPqm73ziYDQZU1i2yl2exgchfYNGw2gmSMHtXXEjIgS0W/s1600/IMG_2831.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474559131034989058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaX9w2I-qqeUBU08AuQpVyOD6oLsnJGyZxwelVrKltum3T7H7lfZ0emuoZ4X9Sel7lZFNter8Acxv0hJI252ilkdROwTr4jnxRPqm73ziYDQZU1i2yl2exgchfYNGw2gmSMHtXXEjIgS0W/s200/IMG_2831.jpg" /></a>es to work as Relay Changeover Team 3 so that we could make some money towards helping our Burmese teachers come over to Scotland in September 2010. The workers raised £165. We guided runners, matched up relay runners, picked up discarded water bottles, lugged tons of water and juice as a chain gang and dismantled fences. Hard work but at the end we collapsed into Ms Laing's garden (aka The Burmese Embassy in Port Seton) with ice lollies and cold drinks. Well done team! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedprycNYGj_zL0FpdM42frwnI3Io2lPpDfYeE48x-aPZGnWFQ6QFZcHw4k10PHyW4ODPyzFwv_jW5xC-QW5KOknYuu9F4h5D-LjkgxNe94jSXoW5o8tIFVoTtvcQKKr7YQIgLvuiko2Nd/s1600/IMG_2839.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474559439827051922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedprycNYGj_zL0FpdM42frwnI3Io2lPpDfYeE48x-aPZGnWFQ6QFZcHw4k10PHyW4ODPyzFwv_jW5xC-QW5KOknYuu9F4h5D-LjkgxNe94jSXoW5o8tIFVoTtvcQKKr7YQIgLvuiko2Nd/s200/IMG_2839.jpg" /></a><br /><br />4 Campie teachers were sponsored to run as a relay team and the money is going to THe Burmese Teachers' Fund so we probably raised £500 today altogether. Awesome.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w_nPFweNjCtKgy9HSW1L7iXnPnE6aktHhgI18yrcCPQoQWN2HezI2oPmVnhoPfdrMmTYoaGZ59_uAO5aiMgnLRHZaG9gxtfVpK5i-SLy6Rpv0g079AGZibolG1b9OeYZB5RaCSX6Jf7p/s1600/IMG_2837.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 118px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474559375436801010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w_nPFweNjCtKgy9HSW1L7iXnPnE6aktHhgI18yrcCPQoQWN2HezI2oPmVnhoPfdrMmTYoaGZ59_uAO5aiMgnLRHZaG9gxtfVpK5i-SLy6Rpv0g079AGZibolG1b9OeYZB5RaCSX6Jf7p/s200/IMG_2837.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFqLd8XG4crKCX1OQXljkjlmxlI70VtmPYYPmopUgTI9ZB2J4PqoYXocDaHYm_BP5C_3EO_59J9MTVtMPwfHlXfaXEI4I_raUYCyEBPSdzBWlKUKCeyfOkabZNYI2UViRnC60Aqi73WLs/s1600/IMG_2844.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474559876505612226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFqLd8XG4crKCX1OQXljkjlmxlI70VtmPYYPmopUgTI9ZB2J4PqoYXocDaHYm_BP5C_3EO_59J9MTVtMPwfHlXfaXEI4I_raUYCyEBPSdzBWlKUKCeyfOkabZNYI2UViRnC60Aqi73WLs/s200/IMG_2844.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w_nPFweNjCtKgy9HSW1L7iXnPnE6aktHhgI18yrcCPQoQWN2HezI2oPmVnhoPfdrMmTYoaGZ59_uAO5aiMgnLRHZaG9gxtfVpK5i-SLy6Rpv0g079AGZibolG1b9OeYZB5RaCSX6Jf7p/s1600/IMG_2837.jpg"></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w_nPFweNjCtKgy9HSW1L7iXnPnE6aktHhgI18yrcCPQoQWN2HezI2oPmVnhoPfdrMmTYoaGZ59_uAO5aiMgnLRHZaG9gxtfVpK5i-SLy6Rpv0g079AGZibolG1b9OeYZB5RaCSX6Jf7p/s1600/IMG_2837.jpg"></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4w_nPFweNjCtKgy9HSW1L7iXnPnE6aktHhgI18yrcCPQoQWN2HezI2oPmVnhoPfdrMmTYoaGZ59_uAO5aiMgnLRHZaG9gxtfVpK5i-SLy6Rpv0g079AGZibolG1b9OeYZB5RaCSX6Jf7p/s1600/IMG_2837.jpg"></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-74990231991125209802010-05-15T21:21:00.002+00:002010-05-15T21:23:00.179+00:00Pirniehall, Forthview and Campie Schools are trying to raise extra funds to support bringing our Burmese teachers over in September.<br />We are expecting Pho Cho and Nee Shar can come to Pirniehall.<br />We are expecting Bobo to come to Forthview.<br />We are expecting Say Heh to come to Campie.<br /><br />Their passports and visas cost more than Global Schools Partnerships can provide. We had a ceilidh and raised £700. Many of you came to that. Thank you. But we need to do more so we have embarked on a fundraising drive and believe we will get all we need by the time we go there in the summer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHVzXvf4wkPnimEl_XW6CbDDVv9n-6D98eaNjNL7gB3qufsXAF6j6CTzc5Ica8fxD7cFFvLczRf1klmmkP1KW4CZTuxUDEzCptmwAEE-LtWjKBkhts7oHuvX8wZMHFppRXTOoqPOZAwCr/s1600/Edinburgh+marathon.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 127px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 66px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471610276202774034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHVzXvf4wkPnimEl_XW6CbDDVv9n-6D98eaNjNL7gB3qufsXAF6j6CTzc5Ica8fxD7cFFvLczRf1klmmkP1KW4CZTuxUDEzCptmwAEE-LtWjKBkhts7oHuvX8wZMHFppRXTOoqPOZAwCr/s320/Edinburgh+marathon.jpg" /></a><br />We are making a RACE CREW TEAM at the Marathon to make another £200ish. We are short of 5 members. Can you help? We’re covering the 3rd relay changeover so it’s at Port Seton. You have to be over 18 and free between 9 and 3.30pm.<br /><br />Email Ms Laing on slaing@campie.elcschool.org.uk if you are free.Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-29313473828336227112010-03-09T18:38:00.002+00:002010-03-09T18:54:23.467+00:00Kilts n Longyis Ceilidh March 2010On Friday 5 March, the teachers who have travelled to the Thai Burma border over the last few years gathered with old and new friends of the Burmese people to celebrate the Scotland-Burma link at St James Church, Leith Links, Edinburgh.<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=156876440&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/></embed><br><a style="padding-right:1px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/?type=slideshow&refid=156876440"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/link/logo.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:1px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow_create.php?refid=156876440&source=cyo"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/link/create_own.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:1px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=156876440"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/link/view_all.gif"></a></div><br /><br />We enjoyed Burmese and Scottish food and Scottish dancing. Our Burmese friends present were too shy to dance for us! Maybe when our Burmese teachers come to Scotland, we can have Burmese dance at our ceilidh? And that's why we were having this ceilidh, to raise money to pay for the passports and visas, our Burmese teachers have to get, at great personal cost, to travel to Scotland. <br /><br />A huge thank to everyone who cooked, helped and supported the event. We raised £700. Wow!Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-71279471522786568712010-02-18T23:50:00.002+00:002010-02-18T23:57:59.581+00:00The Return of the Kilts n' Longyis Ceilidh<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DraqWtuBxQ7RU9T0N5BjME6PADjDy1SwWG_PXYprjqNn9_s7I81DiMTtsUOoIQINHGT0oxuqE243_jnSmrNOzsYitoXW-DPNn9iHslZEavbOhnZEB5g0_GEvEOgVdbDeFIRzYmDRbK3p/s1600-h/Kilts+n+Longyis+Ceilidh+2010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 283px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439737006585929186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DraqWtuBxQ7RU9T0N5BjME6PADjDy1SwWG_PXYprjqNn9_s7I81DiMTtsUOoIQINHGT0oxuqE243_jnSmrNOzsYitoXW-DPNn9iHslZEavbOhnZEB5g0_GEvEOgVdbDeFIRzYmDRbK3p/s400/Kilts+n+Longyis+Ceilidh+2010.JPG" /></a><br /><div>On 5 March 2010, a group of Forthview/Pirniehall/Campie teachers are holding a fundraising ceilidh at St James Church, John's Place, Leith Links between 7.30 and 10.30pm. We are raising money to support our Burmese teacher friends in Hle Bee/Say Ta Nar/CDC schools as they try to get passports and visas to visit us in Scotland. It's going to be a very good laugh with lovely Burmese and Scottish food. The teachers that visited the Thai-Burma border this year will each say a wee bit about their experience. Prices are Adults £8, Concession £5, Children free (but bring your own bottle). You can buy tickets on the door. Hope to see you there. </div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-4036517150768786192009-11-21T19:11:00.003+00:002009-11-21T19:22:10.855+00:00Kind Kids create OUR BURMA BOOK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7Vs2WT1cLDYm8S3DKwoQBKOkEC2nWyqY7AAUFRtLyAGwSjPvOuyS-iZ7YgprtZoIWjnnawGqb-0LHX8v0hxRRvQIZC1RBoqCvZ5Ktx_BFQs42VTzZ6mbJMzQGJloNkiObi4vEb9Ty5k0/s1600/Kind+Kids+014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 223px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406638181400796978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7Vs2WT1cLDYm8S3DKwoQBKOkEC2nWyqY7AAUFRtLyAGwSjPvOuyS-iZ7YgprtZoIWjnnawGqb-0LHX8v0hxRRvQIZC1RBoqCvZ5Ktx_BFQs42VTzZ6mbJMzQGJloNkiObi4vEb9Ty5k0/s400/Kind+Kids+014.jpg" /></a> On Friday 13 November 2009, the children from Balgreen, Forthview, Pirniehall, St Mary's Leith and Tollcross Primary Schools who worked with 3 Burmese refugee schools to produce OUR BURMA BOOK, received a Kind Kids award. The award was presented by Edinburgh's Lady Provost and was for the children's kindness in telling the story of the Burmese people through their book and exhibitions. Well done, everyone. <span style="font-size:85%;">(Sorry it's such a poor photo. If anyone there has a better one, send it in!)<br /></span><div></div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-86390461561446389402009-10-10T21:14:00.005+00:002009-10-10T21:36:34.558+00:00Run for Burma<div style="text-align: center;">Fortunately, Mrs Jenkinson and Ms Vacher were out at the race to capture all the highlights! Well done, Mr Wright and Mrs Thomson - we both agreed we could not have done it and that you both did really well...</div><div style="text-align: center;">though, personally I was a bit disappointed Mr Wright </div><div style="text-align: center;">decided not to run in his longyi as did some of the other runners!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the front of the 200 or so runners just been given the off!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhaAu8PAzxPfqeHjIDSGXPjURXBANI_1R6FUOXjvPI-wy3ECeZUKnJ_lrtwpWGjO9yTwLXD9KlG0nEOcbVtt1GNVBDNK-WcVGGreBafSR27rASZnGoRj2n0hhuiThU8Dnz8jnryTiHowV/s1600-h/IMG_3107.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhaAu8PAzxPfqeHjIDSGXPjURXBANI_1R6FUOXjvPI-wy3ECeZUKnJ_lrtwpWGjO9yTwLXD9KlG0nEOcbVtt1GNVBDNK-WcVGGreBafSR27rASZnGoRj2n0hhuiThU8Dnz8jnryTiHowV/s400/IMG_3107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391084933549455858" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's Mr Wright approaching the finish line looking remarkably fresh!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvkn-B_6T92BjsdjsiZoUUr-6ZXV-GMFSui_s2LNi3_y2QOJxIUnqXtxf29brWu3cuYWjxh4v8B_1BKjYQnMhVVKd2FoYxfnF8ol4V6tfyC_u5W5l0gvThit7gJRE2u98uqLvbxljwTC9/s1600-h/IMG_3120.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvkn-B_6T92BjsdjsiZoUUr-6ZXV-GMFSui_s2LNi3_y2QOJxIUnqXtxf29brWu3cuYWjxh4v8B_1BKjYQnMhVVKd2FoYxfnF8ol4V6tfyC_u5W5l0gvThit7gJRE2u98uqLvbxljwTC9/s400/IMG_3120.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391084926400029890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Closely followed by Mrs Thomson!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHvBcovlZlu8b9ADFCTo3bB6-u2W8xslgFuVbRt8wkT_oj8ev383GJaf-zIK4hK1W3xgLUerfMaSmlNWWJgMdbOZrYEntkMkFEQIEw7CFgv-GuKT9n6anEQD4ALxQB1hfc0GbPcr8hBmT/s1600-h/IMG_3123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHvBcovlZlu8b9ADFCTo3bB6-u2W8xslgFuVbRt8wkT_oj8ev383GJaf-zIK4hK1W3xgLUerfMaSmlNWWJgMdbOZrYEntkMkFEQIEw7CFgv-GuKT9n6anEQD4ALxQB1hfc0GbPcr8hBmT/s400/IMG_3123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391084918977113202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Can I get ma cuppa tea now then?"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OBJxR4V0T6JmR403EbEPMseZb1WVIDL6BMREYUc0VJiLbpYJMnAV7lCvaqKrTGi3zpvOTvZq42K5yeUpkhjtvPKQsK__XedkooaMqL9V9BGB75KBG7sLBHxJlpgvli2vWJfdAyr9tF4L/s1600-h/IMG_3121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OBJxR4V0T6JmR403EbEPMseZb1WVIDL6BMREYUc0VJiLbpYJMnAV7lCvaqKrTGi3zpvOTvZq42K5yeUpkhjtvPKQsK__XedkooaMqL9V9BGB75KBG7sLBHxJlpgvli2vWJfdAyr9tF4L/s400/IMG_3121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391084903677381714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">If I had been in a photo at the end of this race, I'd have been PURPLE!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inspiring!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVE1jpKVuJAx9kTp4UtTf6r01f9jLP1sWryO3L9xexs8sSkswoO65uzC_V8Bz9Fx02td3X-MInj-r3KxxGXBCpdkRabob_TqBq1fWOtDitJfO2RxugMw2oGS6efOyI9R9RQsQYCeNDWYIZ/s1600-h/IMG_3126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVE1jpKVuJAx9kTp4UtTf6r01f9jLP1sWryO3L9xexs8sSkswoO65uzC_V8Bz9Fx02td3X-MInj-r3KxxGXBCpdkRabob_TqBq1fWOtDitJfO2RxugMw2oGS6efOyI9R9RQsQYCeNDWYIZ/s400/IMG_3126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391083780732675746" /></a><br /><br /></div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-25863206263291671642009-10-02T21:15:00.006+00:002009-10-07T21:06:22.509+00:00Run for Burma - the Edinburgh run<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gLtSsn4CgoBhihZexUm0t8HxUXwVzFFi9Zr3hHl6Bu3x_9gNoCIkK9lMBwqn0r2muXz8ZeaExZ6_SOEobdngbJ7IAiVh02qdjP7p5YLCK55xy7p8DEhi4WeThErHf30qhkzXSAvyWX7R/s1600-h/Irvine's+longyi.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gLtSsn4CgoBhihZexUm0t8HxUXwVzFFi9Zr3hHl6Bu3x_9gNoCIkK9lMBwqn0r2muXz8ZeaExZ6_SOEobdngbJ7IAiVh02qdjP7p5YLCK55xy7p8DEhi4WeThErHf30qhkzXSAvyWX7R/s200/Irvine's+longyi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389967308607481170" /></a><br />On Saturday 10 OCtober at 11am, Partners Relief and Development are holding a 5 Km run to raise support for Burmese migrants and refugees. The race starts at 11am and Forthview's own Mr Wright will be taking a 'slow jog' for Burma.<br /><br />You can read more about it all on www.runforburma.org<br /><br />You can read more about it all on www.runforburma.org<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUVpz77GjvXU4DWLww1NCBLGdbqaJZ4ysjJfczo1kG0-XMCuLAhfGL2tCoDegs6c54pW90o2OEQdCtNb7rCM0ATgUum0kjfjC64vaq5h7cJjd83rgNCW_CCzH9ckQzWu7VWuhkWQepzMN/s1600-h/Zoya.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUVpz77GjvXU4DWLww1NCBLGdbqaJZ4ysjJfczo1kG0-XMCuLAhfGL2tCoDegs6c54pW90o2OEQdCtNb7rCM0ATgUum0kjfjC64vaq5h7cJjd83rgNCW_CCzH9ckQzWu7VWuhkWQepzMN/s200/Zoya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388115973262459586" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Afterwards at a free lunch event in St Stephen's Church at 1pm, Zoya Phan will speak about her childhood as th daughter of two parents who were involved in the Karen Resistance movement. <br /><br />Zoya is from the Karen ethnic group. For decades the Karen have been under attack by Burma's military junta. Her father was General Secretary of the Karen National Union.<br /><br />When she was 14 years old Burmese army soldiers attacked her village, and herself and her family were forced to flee for their lives. They hid in the jungle and eventually ended up in a Thai refugee camp.<br /><br />She joined Burma Campaign UK in 2005 and was sponsored when she was a student by Burma Education Scholarship Trust. <br /><br />In February 2008 her father, Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan, was assassinated by agents of the Burmese military dictatorship in Mae Sot, where Forthview's link school, Hle Bee is situated. <br /><br />Come along and hear Zoya and cheer on Mr Wright.Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-84161127664036347012009-09-05T21:24:00.005+00:002009-09-05T21:39:30.715+00:00Orng,a Burmese student, graduates from Newbattle Abbey College<div style="width:426px"><embed src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=142908213&ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/></embed><br><a style="padding-right:1px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/?type=slideshow&refid=142908213"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/link/logo.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:1px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/slideshow_create.php?refid=142908213&source=cyo"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/link/create_own.gif"></a><a style="padding-right:1px;" target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?instanceid=142908213"><img style="border:0px;" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/link/view_all.gif"></a><a target="_BLANK" href="http://www.rockyou.com/link/link5.php"><img width="84" style="border:0px" src="http://apps.rockyou.com/link/link5.gif"></a></div><br /><br />Orng, is a friend of Ms Vacher and Ms Laing's. He is a BEST student (Burma Educational Scholarship Trust). He is also supported by Prospect Burma, who are the UK charity that use the money Aung San suu Kyi got when she won the Nobel Peace Prize, to support Burmese students in higher education. There is a link to Prospect Burma's work on the right hand side of this page. Prospect Burma also support Dr Thein Lwin's projects to train Burmese Teachers. We were very proud of him today. Now he is going to Glasgow University to study Politics. Well done Orng!Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-20173810654970946842009-08-30T18:36:00.003+00:002009-08-30T18:59:58.195+00:00OUR BURMA BOOK exhibition - a wee video clipJournalists from the Democratic Voice of Burma have made a lovely wee video clip of the exhibition opening. It's in Burmese so is great for our Burmese readers. Scottish readers can guess what it says. People to spot are Dar Dar Kyaw, Tominai, Si Si Win, Phyu Phyu Win and little Bobo from Hle Bee, Murray Forgie, Kyaw Win, Louise Laing and there are others.... If you can play an MP4, enjoy......<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxyDl9JTH2KXdVs0KwYlazKZR9S8WumTrKfJbEeXwCzJAOgRy2EtnEdIuV68X0JS6vP8lDHJfYFB5fpxIW-QQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-81155506730485394532009-08-23T10:45:00.006+00:002009-08-23T10:54:07.028+00:00OUR BURMA BOOK opens in Chiang Mai<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pQA7yE7J3z2gM2GrYQWCtJ0fZddEqACJkoCPVF5EpisqlNQotX2snLm_F8tb85tdmkLQOCOQ3k2tn2Rzbkof0w5ZqtRtGyB3eE68DLOXa_Qie2oGeaIR9tG7GJD2G7NDxSm1zDEnTnkk/s1600-h/children+etchingsLR.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373110131851482338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2pQA7yE7J3z2gM2GrYQWCtJ0fZddEqACJkoCPVF5EpisqlNQotX2snLm_F8tb85tdmkLQOCOQ3k2tn2Rzbkof0w5ZqtRtGyB3eE68DLOXa_Qie2oGeaIR9tG7GJD2G7NDxSm1zDEnTnkk/s400/children+etchingsLR.JPG" /></a> OUR BURMA BOOK exhibition opened in Chiang Mai on Saturday 22 August 2009. </div><div align="center">The exhibition is in Lur Cafe, Soi 9, Nimanhemin, Chiang Mai. </div><div align="center">Louise Laing spoke at the opening on behalf of the Scottish schools </div><div align="center">and then Burmese and Shan children took part in an etching workshop </div><div align="center">as you can see here.</div><div align="center">More photos at <a href="http://www.ilovemaesot.blogspot.com/">www.ilovemaesot.blogspot.com</a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373110040349276738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtPpDcXV06kX_kBkIMQE-B4rJCGhlZfYmgE7EmGAoGU-dHFuqOZiPU9kPmeWnw07031yvkF1lZHFx2WBMoiDTEz_8z_h3MYXqP8L0QV3p3SiImo5VRkVf6AGiEc5ATFcmHIf-iuM3vVms/s400/etch+buddha.JPG" /><br /><br /><p align="center">Our artist friends who are putting on the exhibition </p><p align="center">support the children through the etching process. </p><p align="center">We are very grateful to them for their hard work and creative input to this project.<br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373109854622314514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYaWC4iTTohiuJ2BDlAmSwC4KEy7xHTIi3y2CqewIBh5-HDHQjJqaEX1HBa53Kk4ckdb_w8hOSl7x8HHJSLOjsqYurR_rQ9KARogxg0i32edS1O3pTO2Re1HNL74ePHbGYstlcf9_tcpt/s400/etching+process.JPG" />Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-17815024822877383452009-08-22T07:46:00.003+00:002009-08-22T08:04:43.535+00:00www.ilovemaesot.blogspot.com<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHc2EhHfmpSixv-0XTsCb8EpByvkpZxepw-L_IH7jZXhzGyNl-51Wpz3LAaWaWk69ehM3c6Ch6eBQRPN3_7jE-jefR9McE7hKri3lw9D892Sp1G_wkTuBn5ZmfZJx-RnQBV-HYml4lAKp/s1600-h/Picture3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372695992453795106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHc2EhHfmpSixv-0XTsCb8EpByvkpZxepw-L_IH7jZXhzGyNl-51Wpz3LAaWaWk69ehM3c6Ch6eBQRPN3_7jE-jefR9McE7hKri3lw9D892Sp1G_wkTuBn5ZmfZJx-RnQBV-HYml4lAKp/s400/Picture3.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Sheila Laing's daughter, Louise, has gone to Hle Bee School in Mae Sot for a few months to teach English and Emotional Literacy and to cuddle Burmese babies! You can read about her journey on<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ilovemaesot.blogspot.com/">http://www.ilovemaesot.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Today Louise spoke at the opening of OUR BURMA BOOK exhibition in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Shan school children were taught how to etch by an artist at the opening and the Democratic Voice of Burma were videoing the whole event. More to come on this.<br /><br />Isn't it amazing how this wee Forthview link that started way back in 2005 just keeps growing and growing....</div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-79639303319639882192009-08-02T22:38:00.003+00:002009-08-02T22:44:38.010+00:00Uniform target for March 2010Hle Bee School now has 14 students in Grade 6. In March next year, these 14 children will leave Hle Bee School. We hope that they will all attend a Burmese high school/learning centre in Mae Sot starting in June 2010. The education in the learning centres is free but it costs around £20 to kit a child out with a full set of uniform/shoes/bag etc.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365500819770072882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_uGHW2W_466eqbrA7YTrVBPGxh8WnFtMMvJ4klcBJHQApoYRF9fcZX514zvVtUYDkzG2UWzUBikjWrICcHNswL_J5Iug-qE_Ta_LbGiunT3_LhUK_o0pbzOQYFzhRY0eqoSA6Vf1vCp3/s400/Thazin+and+Grade+6LR.jpg" border="0" /><br />We have said to Thazin that we will pay for each child to be kitted out for high school in the hope that it will help those families who are willing to allow their child to attend high school. So the target we need to raise by March 2010 is £280. Shouldn't be hard.....<br /><br />Ideas welcome....Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-58754167159383864412009-07-29T20:43:00.003+00:002009-07-29T20:47:04.245+00:00Safely home and news re Migrant Learning CentresJust home - well actually just finished cleaning up house after arriving home! Great flights. Dreadful 6 hr wait in Amsterdam when we were so so tired but that's not surprising considering the total journey took 27 hours. Thanks for all your good wishes.<br /><br />Our good friend, Philip Campbell, who has been a VSO worker in Mae Sot and hopes to return there in 2010, has emailed to tell us that he was involved in the writing of the Thai legislation on Migrant Learning Centres and that he sees the legislation as being positive.<br /><br />We will phone him once we have slept and keep you all posted on this site.<br /><br />Night night.............. SheilaForthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-73870359546511554242009-07-28T05:26:00.002+00:002009-07-28T05:30:09.705+00:00Bad news for Burmese Migrant Learning Centres<em><span style="font-size:85%;">(see previous post before you read this one....)</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><div align="justify">Last week the Thai Ministry of Education held a meeting with the Burmese Learning Centres/schools in Mae Sot to inform them of a new legal regulation that is about to proceed through Thai parliamentary processes and is expected to become law by the end of 2009.<br /><br />The regulation is called<br /><br /><strong>Regulation of the Office of the Prime Minister<br /><br />On Education Provision for Individuals with no Civil Registration<br /><br />Or Thai Nationality<br /><br />By Non-Governmental Organisations in Migrant Learning Centres<br /></strong><br />We have an unofficial translation of this document. Here is a summary of its content. If you want to see the main document, email <a href="mailto:sheila@lovehart.demon.co.uk">sheila@lovehart.demon.co.uk</a><br /><br />1. A National Committee comprising the Prime Minister’s Secretary and senior members of the depts of Education, Police, Royal Thai Army, Immigration Bureau, Special Branch, National Security Council, Dept of Employment, Bureau of the Budget etc will assume responsibility for the registration, standards, content of education and direction of the migrant learning centres in Thailand.<br />2. Local Area Committees will be established throughout Thailand to carry out the policies of the National Committee to ‘control the establishment, dissolution, merger and termination of migrant learning centres’<br />3. Migrant learning centres will only be allowed to exist if:<br />- they are administered by a Thai person with a university degree with enough assets/funding to provide for the migrant learning centre<br />- 20% of instructors have a university degree<br />- they teach Thai as main communication, Thai History, Thai culture and customs and the democratic government under the Thai constitutional monarchy.<br />4. Several clauses state how to dissolve a migrant learning centre and a wide range of reasons for doing this exist.<br /><br /><strong>What does this mean for Burmese children in Thailand?</strong></div><div align="justify"><strong></strong><br />As we understand this, it seems to spell the end for most of Mae Sot’s 50 migrant learning centres and the end of education for most of the 10,000 children learning in these migrant learning centres. Only the wealthy and well connected will survive. What will become of the rest?<br /><br />The Thai Government issued a policy in 2005, ‘Education for All’ which gives all children regardless of status a right to education (in a Thai school). However in practice it is too difficult for Burmese children to attend Thai schools because of costs of uniform, extra classes, language and also because of the prejudice and discrimination that exists towards the Burmese in Thailand.<br /><br /><strong>Will most migrant centres have to revert to being covert, hidden and underground?</strong><br /><br /> </div>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-31952278269815782132009-07-28T05:23:00.000+00:002009-07-28T05:40:27.561+00:00When is a school not a school? When it's a MIGRANT LEARNING CENTRE...I need to blog this to explain the next blog post!<br /><br />In Thailand, migrant learning centres are not allowed to call them schools by the Thai government because they do not meet the criteria to register as Thai schools. To do this, they would need to meet Thai standards of building and education, which are way out their reach.<br /><br />So although we call Hle Bee and Say Ta Nar schools, they are not schools, they are <strong>MIGRANT LEARNING CENTRES.</strong>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1512199876564483583.post-16079936450947538952009-07-28T01:31:00.001+00:002009-07-28T05:42:58.647+00:00Sheila and Geoff leave Thailand .... 28.7.09<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Today is Tuesday and Geoff and I leave Chiang Mai tonight at 7pm to head for Scotland. We will arrive in Edinburgh on Wed 29 July 2009 at 3.40pm - we hope!<br /><br />It's been another awesome year on the Thai-Burma border with our dear friends, who are like family now. One highlight has been watching 5 other Scottish teachers working here in Burmese schools/migrant learning centres with hopes that this can grow even more.<br /><br />However, the dark side is that the struggle to make a living for many of our friends is probably getting harder. What will happen to the Burmese living in Thailand in coming months as the Thai government change regulations on work permits, why are they doing this, what's their agenda? What will happen to the Burmese schools under imminent threat of closure by Thai Education Authorities? Will Hle Bee get more funding from its funder?<br /><br />And the big question... when will democracy come to Burma so the heart desire of most of our friends can be realised... when can they go home to the Burma they love?</div><div align="center"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363382144103318146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITzaYZQaMM-W2c6uey2rVUndWvAWh0qIzpvJkHiNDoskmkGbOD5tn8badaPSimRii-ZhHomEQjh0LeeobPv49M3GsDaP32BAS2fUq332Roa7-ZZnSE4Mvpb7kkyG19lCpUB7u6J95oT_i/s400/tt+sad.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"> Feeling sad..............</p>Forthviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164189126373104910noreply@blogger.com1