Goducate ... Go And Educate! http://www.goducate.org Helping Poor Asians Help Themselves Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:29:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Soap-making in new Goducate Center in Philippines http://www.goducate.org/soap-making-in-new-goducate-center-in-philippines.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soap-making-in-new-goducate-center-in-philippines http://www.goducate.org/soap-making-in-new-goducate-center-in-philippines.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:29:12 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3889 Our new Goducate Learning Center in Mabakan, Laguna, Philippines, is now teaching soap-making as a means of livellihood. This part of Laguna is famous for its hot-spring resorts. Many people from Manila visit these resorts, especially on the weekends. One of the largest resorts has agreed to buy our hand-made ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/soap-making-in-new-goducate-center-in-philippines.html/feed 0 Goducate offered camp-site in Batam! http://www.goducate.org/goducate-offered-camp-site-in-batam.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=goducate-offered-camp-site-in-batam http://www.goducate.org/goducate-offered-camp-site-in-batam.html#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:05:29 +0000 Dr Paul Choo http://www.goducate.org/?p=3887 Goducate has been offered the free use of a camp-site in a “prime” location near one of the busiest towns in Batam, Indonesia. This brand new facility is not the typical youth camp-site but is ideal for “urban” camping. It consists of 6 terrace-houses (connected houses), an internal covered courtyard ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/goducate-offered-camp-site-in-batam.html/feed 0 Sabah new literacy center opens – floor cracks under weight of 240 students!! http://www.goducate.org/sabah-new-literacy-center-opens-floor-cracks-under-weight-of-240-students.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sabah-new-literacy-center-opens-floor-cracks-under-weight-of-240-students 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 Singapore health-care company sponsors vehicle to Goducate, Sabah http://www.goducate.org/singapore-health-care-company-sponsors-vehicle-to-goducate-sabah.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=singapore-health-care-company-sponsors-vehicle-to-goducate-sabah 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 I’m afraid they won’t enrol me; I want to go to school http://www.goducate.org/im-afraid-they-wont-enrol-me-i-want-to-go-to-school.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-afraid-they-wont-enrol-me-i-want-to-go-to-school http://www.goducate.org/im-afraid-they-wont-enrol-me-i-want-to-go-to-school.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:20:46 +0000 Jean http://www.goducate.org/?p=3849 In the village there was a story of this young fellow. The trained parents and teachers were collecting a contribution for the school house to be built in that particular place.

They went to the house of this 8 year old child and asked “where are your parents?” ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/im-afraid-they-wont-enrol-me-i-want-to-go-to-school.html/feed 0 Jean’s diary – a new village http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-a-new-village.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jeans-diary-a-new-village http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-a-new-village.html#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:16:18 +0000 Jean http://www.goducate.org/?p=3845 I was in a bit of fear. I don’t know this man, I am alone, I need to ride in a boat to reach their khampung and the water is so black in all sense of the color wherein it was the drainage of all the waste of the factories ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-a-new-village.html/feed 0 Jean’s diary – a new literacy center http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-a-new-literacy-center.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jeans-diary-a-new-literacy-center http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-a-new-literacy-center.html#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:12:23 +0000 Jean http://www.goducate.org/?p=3841 Wed, February 10,2010 – And so we went in again the next day, the school supplies that the sponsors gave to these children brought a smile on their faces. These children now had a hope to go to school and learn.. We were just near the new constructed ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-a-new-literacy-center.html/feed 1 Jean’s diary – the poor children in Sabah http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-the-poor-children-in-sabah.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jeans-diary-the-poor-children-in-sabah http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-the-poor-children-in-sabah.html#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:03:11 +0000 Jean http://www.goducate.org/?p=3835 Tuesday noon, February 9, 2010 – We walked a kilometer to reach our destination in the hot afternoon sun. It was another adventure for me and my team we stepped into mud and it covered all our toes but it is nothing compared how my ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/jeans-diary-the-poor-children-in-sabah.html/feed 0 Hamsilran’s story (2) http://www.goducate.org/hamsilrans-story-2.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hamsilrans-story-2 http://www.goducate.org/hamsilrans-story-2.html#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:27:44 +0000 Linn http://www.goducate.org/?p=3856 After that age, no one is interested in school anymore. The places that they ended up with oftentimes are tragic. The new teacher in that town school told Hamsilran he will represent their class. To us, Hamsilran represents our kampong and the three hundred and ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/hamsilrans-story-2.html/feed 0 Hamsilran’s story http://www.goducate.org/hamsilrans-story.html#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hamsilrans-story http://www.goducate.org/hamsilrans-story.html#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:26:29 +0000 Linn http://www.goducate.org/?p=3854 Hamsilran came up to Teacher B and said, Teacher so sorry I cannot be here on day of the guests’ visit. Why? Teacher B asked, she was banking on Hamsilran to be there – their group of young teens, mostly boys always give a very good dance ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/hamsilrans-story.html/feed 0