The ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/goducate-opens-2nd-lifepegs-student-activity-center-in-china.html Five of the first batch of trainees who completed the Goducate training program for basketball officials did not have to wait long to get their first jobs. And the jobs were not for matches at village level (where they had done their training), but at inter-university level. This job ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/goducate-trained-basketball-referees-and-table-officials-get-their-first-jobs.html Goducate believes in encouraging the students at the literacy centers to read. However, it has not been easy to set up a library, or somewhere to store books securely. For one thing the centers are scattered over a wide area. For another, many centers are the living rooms of ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/goducate-literacy-centers-in-sabah-get-new-library.html Two weeks into their six-month training and the new batch of international students at the Goducate Training Center are all primed up to becoming effective community development workers in Asia. The course contents are quite diverse but the main emphasis is on teaching them how to teach needy Asians ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/gtc-trainees-learn-how-to-go-and-educate.html As part of the children’s livelihood training at the Goducate Children’s Home in Preynob Cambodia, a portion of the land was set aside for a small organic farm. A week ago, several visitors had the privilege of helping to harvest vegetables which included squash, gourds, eggplants and chilli for ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/harvesting-vegetables-at-the-goducate-childrens-home-cambodia.html Goducate Training Center (GTC) in Iloilo, The Philippines, has just begun its  eight month full-time training of its community development workers (CDWs). A good part of their training is in agriculture, because many of them will be working with poor rural or semi-urban communities where malnutrition is a endemic ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/goducate-trainees-learn-to-help-themselves.html What nicer way to celebrate a birthday than to eat and laugh with family and friends. So that’s how Liz Poey decided to spend her 60th birthday. The thing with Liz is that she doesn’t always do things the conventional way. For this event she made her guests dig ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/liz-poey%e2%80%99s-friends-eat-and-laugh-for-goducate.html Two boys from the Goducate Children’s Home in Cambodia are among the first batch of students at the Goducate Training Camp in Iloilo, The Philippines.

There were mixed emotions at their send-off, which was both scary and exciting. No-one wanted to cry. We all wanted to them off with ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/boys-from-goducate-children%e2%80%99s-home-in-cambodia-start-training-as-community-development-workers.html The Goducate music program in the Philippines has been extremely successful. Many students have got back into school or been able to continue their education on the strength of their music ability. Those who have formed the orchestra have been able to earn money by playing at various events. ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/music-training-introduced-at-goducate-children%e2%80%99s-home-in-cambodia.html The Goducate Sports Program in Laguna, Philippines, is drawing in an average of over 300 people each night to watch the Goducate-organized barangay (village) competition.

When I was there last week, I attended the competition held in the barangay of Tranca, the second village where Goducate has introduced the ... ... Read More]]> http://www.goducate.org/goducate-basketball-program-moves-to-another-village.html