The average traveler is more ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/helping-poor-asians-%e2%80%93-one-backyard-at-a-time-part-1.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/goducate-moves-into-india.html http://www.goducate.org/goducate-moves-into-india.html#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:02:05 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=4197 Last Saturday night, Goducate launched its plans for India. Jacob, an Indian IT specialist who is now a Singapore citizen, spearheaded this launch. He has recently made several trips back to India to survey the potential for Goducate’s work there.

About 60 other Indians, most of who are working in Singapore, ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/goducate-moves-into-india.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/well-known-food-blogger-raises-funds-for-goducate.html http://www.goducate.org/well-known-food-blogger-raises-funds-for-goducate.html#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:35:18 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=4169 Dr Leslie Tay, the founder of one of Singapore’s most popular food blog ieatishootipost.sg, is a good friend and supporter of Goducate.

He visited our literacy centers in Sabah earlier this year and has since been a firm supporter of that work.

He has organized a fund-raising ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/well-known-food-blogger-raises-funds-for-goducate.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/sabah-learning-centers-are-community-projects.html http://www.goducate.org/sabah-learning-centers-are-community-projects.html#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:40:24 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3993 Goducate believes in helping Asians to help themselves. Therefore, Goducate projects are usually community projects. Goducate does not believe in playing the role of a charitable Santa Claus bearing gifts because this type of help breeds laziness. Worse than laziness, it robs the recipients of their dignity as useful human beings.

I ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/sabah-learning-centers-are-community-projects.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/sabah-goducate-learning-centers-double-their-enrolment-in-2-months.html http://www.goducate.org/sabah-goducate-learning-centers-double-their-enrolment-in-2-months.html#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:58:16 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3989 Just 9 weeks ago, when I visited our Goducate Learning Centers in Sabah we had about 500 students enrolled (it’s impossible to give exact figures even though we register our students because parents sneak in additional kids all the time and most of our classrooms do not have walls to ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/sabah-goducate-learning-centers-double-their-enrolment-in-2-months.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/weekend-visit-to-our-literacy-centers-in-sabah.html http://www.goducate.org/weekend-visit-to-our-literacy-centers-in-sabah.html#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:42:18 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3980 This Friday about a dozen Goducate supporters from Singapore will fly to Sabah to visit our literacy centers. The team consists of about seven Goducate volunteer workers and 3 or 4 staff members from our corporate sponsors, MHC Asia.

The last time we visited the centers in February, there were just ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/weekend-visit-to-our-literacy-centers-in-sabah.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/our-indonesian-goducate-worker-finds-a-beautiful-bride.html http://www.goducate.org/our-indonesian-goducate-worker-finds-a-beautiful-bride.html#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:19:17 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3895 Recently I attended the wedding of our Indonesian Goducate staff worker, Lekson. The wedding was held at our Goducate Learning Center in Batam. The hall that normally is full of noisy kampong kids learning English was transformed into a “grand” wedding hall.

It was a joy for me to see Lekson, ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/our-indonesian-goducate-worker-finds-a-beautiful-bride.html/feed 2 http://www.goducate.org/sabah-new-literacy-center-opens-floor-cracks-under-weight-of-240-students.html http://www.goducate.org/sabah-new-literacy-center-opens-floor-cracks-under-weight-of-240-students.html#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:14:09 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3880 Last week Goducate opened another literacy center in a swamp in Sabah for poor kids who cannot go to school. Because of the dampness of the swampy soil, the school-house had to be built on stilits.

Goducate provided 500 Malaysian Ringgit (about US$150) for some building material and the community chipped ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/sabah-new-literacy-center-opens-floor-cracks-under-weight-of-240-students.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/singapore-health-care-company-sponsors-vehicle-to-goducate-sabah.html http://www.goducate.org/singapore-health-care-company-sponsors-vehicle-to-goducate-sabah.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:05:29 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3877 MHC Asia, Goducate’s generous corporate sponsor has sponsored another vehicle to Goducate. MHC has already sponsored a van for Goducate’s Batam work and two vans for Goducate’s Cambodia Children’s Home.

MHC Asia chairlady Cecilia Tan hands over key to Goducate Sabah supervisor, Ms Linn

MHC Asia has also sponsored funds to ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/singapore-health-care-company-sponsors-vehicle-to-goducate-sabah.html/feed 0 http://www.goducate.org/hard-to-keep-mums-from-starting-literacy-centers.html http://www.goducate.org/hard-to-keep-mums-from-starting-literacy-centers.html#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:35:02 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3787 It’s hard to keep eager mums from starting a literacy center!

Part of my schedule during my recent Sabah (East Malaysia) trip was to plan the start-up of more literacy centers. Our team had already seen the success of the first two literacy centers and were excited with the prospect of ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/hard-to-keep-mums-from-starting-literacy-centers.html/feed 0