While
keeping myself busy with packing my stuff and organising the last details of my
trip, I’m getting more and more excited – I’m so much looking forward to start
this adventure! Besides trying to figure out which essential clothes to take
with me (one of my friends from Mandalay once complained about the cold in
December, but what does “cold” mean on a European level?), I collected quite
some things for the PDO. With lots of help from some friends and my family I
gathered clothes, toys, pencils and blogs for the foster homes (which also
belong to the PDO and are organised by them) and thanks to my English teacher,
I got a lot of teaching material for the school and myself. Didn’t know that those things can add up
weight so quickly and even though everything fit quite easily into my 3 pieces
of luggage, I had to repack it a thousand times to meet baggage regulations...
The Phaung
Daw Oo is a monastic school providing free education to every child. It
started as a small project, but soon developed into one of the biggest schools
in Myanmar and built up a clinic, a teaching centre, workshops as well as
foster homes. For more details
have a look on their official website (http://www.dhammadana.org/pdo/about.html ) or this article (www.Irrawaddy.org/magazine/a-monk-with-a-vision-puts-school-within-reach.html ).
During the
time I’m spending there I’m mostly going to teach English in different grades
and organise a few smaller projects at school, but I’m also hoping to be able
to help at the foster home, as I really
enjoy spending time with children. I’m so much looking forward to working at
this place, preparing my classes and exchanging with local teachers, students
and other volunteers. I for myself can’t think of a better way to get to know a
new culture and meet a variety of people!
And my free-time I’m naturally spending with exploring Mandalay and its
surrounding :-)
Next time
I’ll already be writing from Mandalay and hopefully I can also post some
pictures of my new home ;-)
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