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Goducate Children’s Home in Cambodia welcomes new children

Sue — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:33:04 +0000

Earlier this month, Goducate Children’s Home, Cambodia, welcomed 5 new children into the “family”. These children, Nat, Lynn, Kanya, Mon and Nia, come from Battambang, a 12-hour drive away from the Home. They come from very poor homes and have received little education. They came to the Home in ... ... Read More

Goducate starts to move into Bangladesh

Dr Paul Choo — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:02:28 +0000

Since Goducate aims to help needy Asians help themselves, Bangladesh is a country that has attracted its attention.

Recently, Bangladesh was in the news because of a horrific factory collapse that killed over 1100 garment workers. I was in the country when that accident took place.

Bangladesh is the ... ... Read More

Goducate Training Center holds a recruitment conference

Dr Paul Choo — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:46:59 +0000

Goducate Training Center (GTC), in Iloilo, Philippines, held its first Recruitment Conference on May 6-8.

Invitations had been sent to new university graduates, to working people, and to those who had expressed interest in being trained as community development workers (CDWs). Over 300 people from all over the Philippines ... ... Read More

New roles for Tim and Nathan at Goducate Children’s Home in Cambodia

Sue — Tue, 07 May 2013 03:30:08 +0000

Last year Timothy and Nathan, two boys from the Goducate Children’s Home in Cambodia, spent 8 months at the Goducate Training Centre in Iloilo, Philippines, training to be community development workers. They returned at the end of the year, and are now helping as staff.

Among other things, they ... ... Read More

First batch of Goducate trainees ready for work in Indonesia

Vi — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:09:17 +0000

The first batch of Goducate community development workers to be trained at the Goducate Language Center in Batam has completed 6 months’ training in Bahasa Indonesia, the Indonesian language. To help the 8 trainees pick up conversational rather than formal Indonesian, part of their language training took the form ... ... Read More

Children in Laguna show their skill at playing the recorder

Kristel — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:15:37 +0000

On April 26 the Goducate music department in Laguna Province, the Philippines, held a recorder concert at the Goducate Music Learning Center. The performers were some 50 children aged about 6-12 from 10 villages around the town of Bay who are learning to play the recorder. 14 Goducate volunteers ... ... Read More

Goducate teaches Indonesians how to make Moringa capsules and tea

Ric — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:34:43 +0000

In previous blogs, we have mentioned the nutritional and therapeutic properties of Moringa. The leaves are traditionally used by lactating mothers for making soup to improve their milk production. The possibility of making Moringa capsule and tea has widened options for the intake of this plant.

Recently Prof Hope ... ... Read More

Goducate returns on mercy mission to Mindanao, Philippines

Ric — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:34:11 +0000

In early December last year, the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines was hit by Typhoon Bopha (known locally as Typhoon Pablo). This category 5 typhoon was the worst disaster in the world in 2012 by way of lost human lives. However, by the end of last month ... ... Read More

Harvest time at Goducate community farm in Tagumpay

Leo — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:30:03 +0000

In August last year the torrential rains and thunderstorms, known informally as Typhoon Habagat, displaced the communities around Laguna Bay. The Goducate team in Laguna has been helping to rehabilitate some of the families in Tagumpay through training in livelihood skills. Some of the men learnt agricultural skills at ... ... Read More

Goducate’s staff in China undergo training at Goducate Training Center in Philippines

Sue — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:17:02 +0000

Recently, four members of Goducate’s staff in China were sent to Goducate Training Center (GTC) in Philippines to be trained for 6 weeks. At Goducate, we believe that we should equip our workers with the best training so that they will be prepared for and be effective in their ... ... Read More