November 2012 Monthly Achievement Report
15th
November 2012
Luang
Prabang, LAOS
A
Month of Whiteboards, Water, Wheelbarrows and Cement.
October 2012 was the
month when part of the Charitable Trust Challenge money raised was
given as donations to several of the temples where GVI volunteers
teach English. A total of £2824
was raised during September by the volunteers who participated in the
challenge of giving alms to Monks and Novices for 5 consecutive early
mornings.
One of the temples
that was a recipient of $1000 was Wat Pha-O. This temple is outside
Luang Prabang in a rural environment. It is a large and important
temple that is home to over 270 Novices. GVI volunteers teach all the
English classes there, 5 days/week, 2 hours/day. The donation was
presented to Monk Ongeo, the Abbot of the temple. Monk Ongeo stated
that this donation would be put to the use of digging a bore to
access water. The photos show Monk Ongeo with the donation and the
work that has already commenced in digging the bore.
Other smaller
donations included whiteboards for 2 other temples – Wat Na Luang
and Wat Mano, and a third whiteboard was given to one of our Lao
teaching partners, Mr Nii who conducts English classes in his home
village in a traditional Hmong house.
A further donation was
given to one of our favourite tempes, Wat Pasa Viet, for the purchase
of a wheelbarrow and cement for the Novices to firstly make the
bricks and secondly build a fence on a section of the temple’s
property.
The
remainder of the Charitable Trust Challenge money will be held in
reserve for future needs of sponsorships and scholarships to students
and general support for the temples. Sincere thanks to all the
volunteers, friends and families that donated to our Charitable Trust
Challenge. Your money is doing good work to benefit others.
http://www.gvi.co.uk/programs/volunteer-buddhist-novice-monks-laos
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