{"id":1623,"date":"2010-09-05T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TravelWithPaulie.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2011-11-23T00:47:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T00:47:19","slug":"campaign-report-part-3-future-plans-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulgoodchild.me\/blog\/campaign-report-part-3-future-plans-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Report Part 3 \u2013 future plans and photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 29th June I officially launched my PCs for Migrant Children campaign.\u00a0 I had originally expected it to be a quiet affair with a few modest donations permitting me to purchase perhaps one or two computers at most.\u00a0 It turned out to be far more successful than I imagined and it kept me very, very busy in Maesot right up until the morning I left (which was last Sunday &#8211; 22nd August 2010).<\/p>\n<p>This article forms part 3 of a 3-part series.\u00a0 Please use the links below to jump to the particular section you wish to view:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/campaign-report-part-1-why-how-much\/\">Part 1: Why and how much was raised?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/campaign-report-part-2-achievements-lessons-learned\/\">Part 2: What was achieved and the lessons learned?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Plans for the future<\/h2>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/volunteer-or-work\/\">outlined in one of my earlier articles<\/a>, I&#8217;m giving serious consideration to returning to Maesot for the purposes of working further with the migrant community there.\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to do so at the beginning of 2011 so I&#8217;ve quite a bit of work ahead of me if I really want to achieve this in the next four months.\u00a0 I would like a job with an organisation than will afford me the free time to work a little independently with the people I already know, and part of this is to follow on with my PCs for migrant children project.<\/p>\n<p>However, given the &#8216;lessons learned&#8217; that I discussed in the previous article in this series, I am questioning the efficacy of putting computers in the schools, and considering my options.\u00a0 Part 1 outlined the total monies received, and the total spent so-far, so I have a little bit more money to play with.\u00a0 Should I continue on as before, or change tact a little?<\/p>\n<p>If I change tact, how would I do so?\u00a0 Well I have a couple of options really&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>One important area that I thought wasn&#8217;t being addressed is literacy&#8230; in the school within which I spent most of my time, there were <em>no<\/em> books.\u00a0 There were some text books, but no novels either in Burmese, Karen, Thai or English.\u00a0 The children had nothing in the way of recreational reading.\u00a0 So I could try to acquire books and have them placed within a make-shift library in the school\u00a0 There are also other models out there for doing this sort of work, so a bit of research on my part would be best before I launch into that.<\/li>\n<li>I mentioned in the last article, and <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/does-english-teaching-really-make-a-difference\/\">discussed<\/a> it <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/further-discussion-on-the-importance-of-english-teaching\/\">again<\/a> a few weeks ago &#8211; the parents of these children are all farmers.\u00a0 If a child here does not continue their education beyond basic schooling, they will simply return to their families and continue on the family &#8220;business&#8221;.\u00a0 Some may be lucky and receive scholarships for university, but they are rare.\u00a0 So, is anything that they are being taught remotely useful to them for the future?\u00a0 Yes, of course.\u00a0 But English and computing?\u00a0 I don&#8217;t thinks so (compared with other things that could be taught).\u00a0 What is important then?\u00a0 There are heaps of things, but one I think is completely overlooked is <strong><em>agriculture<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 This is an agrarian society, after-all.\u00a0 So why not teach them about basic\/advanced agricultural practices and technology in this area?\u00a0 Run training programs based on the latest techniques in such a capacity that it is useful and applicable to them when they return to life-as-normal?\u00a0 There are other areas, such as health, hygiene, family planning etc. that I believe are already being addressed, but I can&#8217;t be sure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Honestly, I don&#8217;t have the answers, but instead of just attempting to fix a problem that I perceive to be there, I&#8217;d like to spent more time to see what problems exist, and how I can offer my support.\u00a0 I will certainly write more on this as my ideas\/research develop, but for now, I have a place to start and experience to build off.<\/p>\n<h2>A BIG thank you to all<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s been said before, but here it is again.\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to thank everyone who offered their support for this project.\u00a0 Every who contributed helped to make a direct and significant impact on the lives of many children, and I haven&#8217;t finished allocating all the money I received!\u00a0 There is more work to be done, but I thank you for trusting me to do as I said I would and providing me with the opportunity to help these people.<\/p>\n<p>There will be more updates as I progress, but for now that is the latest.\u00a0 If you have any specific questions you&#8217;d like to ask, <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgoodchild.net\/blog\/get-in-touch\/\">please don&#8217;t hesitate to drop me an email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Photos<\/h2>\n<p>For now I&#8217;ve uploaded some photos to Flickr and hopefully you&#8217;ll be able to see them below.\u00a0 They consist of the computers in the new boys&#8217; 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It turned out to be far more successful than I imagined and it kept me very, very busy in Maesot right up until the morning I left.  Thank you to all who contributed either financially or with getting the word out.  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