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In May 2017, ALICE CHANDLER flew off to Myanmar to volunteer again. This is her second placement with Cuso International. She briefly recalls her first adventure in Cambodia and her second time in Myanmar following a long teaching career in Canada.
During her long teaching career as an educator, mentor and adviser, Alice worked in Canada, Anguilla, China, Cambodia, and Myanmar “I decided that it was time for me to embark on more stimulating expeditions, so I leapt half way across the world to volunteer for three years with VSO – Cuso Cambodia and for a year with Cuso International Myanmar. ‘I wanted to be in a developing country, this time as a long-term volunteer where I could be part of the community and work for the well being of others’.
In 2013, Alice was placed as a Primary Education Adviser at the Provincial Office of Education in the beautiful hills of Mondulkiri • the poorest rural province in Cambodia. There she worked with teachers, school directors, cluster chiefs and POE senior and junior officers to help improve the quality and access to basic education ‘I fell in love with this amazing place and I was fortunate to get my placement extended until 2016. Despite the challenges, I found that Humour is an important part of facilitating positive change’.
‘In May 2017, I was placed at the parliamentary Union Assembly Hluttaw, Phydaungsu Chamber in NayPyiTaw, Myanmar. There I worked with both parliamentarians and parliamentary staff to strengthen their English voices to use both in the workplace and with friends and family. Attendance was high everyday and throughout this yearlong project, English Learners became increasingly confident with their English and had fun in the process. Laughter became contagious and learning became easier’.
While Alice was both in Cambodia and in Myanmar she and her colleagues published 2 books. In January 2016, The Road to Prosperity ~my education ~my life was published in Mondolkiri, Cambodia. The book is of a collection of interviews and short stories of local men and women about the value of education, social inclusion and gender equality.
English Voices of Myanmar was recently published in March 2018. The book is a practical Resource Activity Parliamentary Curriculum for anyone to use and to disseminate with colleagues, friends, family … It’s about expanding the boundaries of the English language using a higher level of thinking through the use of problem solving, critical thinking, analytical thinking to spark questions for conversation … This English parliamentary curriculum is also about social inclusion, gender roles, and human rights and freedoms …
More later … in the meantime, wishing you fun reading and lots of laughter for the rest of May 2018….:)
In May 2017, ALICE CHANDLER flew off to Myanmar to volunteer again. This is her second placement with Cuso International. She briefly recalls her first adventure in Cambodia and her second time in Myanmar following a long teaching career in Canada.
During her long teaching career as an educator, mentor and adviser, Alice worked in Canada, Anguilla, China, Cambodia, and Myanmar “I decided that it was time for me to embark on more stimulating expeditions, so I leapt half way across the world to volunteer for three years with VSO – Cuso Cambodia and for a year with Cuso International Myanmar. ‘I wanted to be in a developing country, this time as a long-term volunteer where I could be part of the community and work for the well being of others’.
In 2013, Alice was placed as a Primary Education Adviser at the Provincial Office of Education in the beautiful hills of Mondulkiri • the poorest rural province in Cambodia. There she worked with teachers, school directors, cluster chiefs and POE senior and junior officers to help improve the quality and access to basic education ‘I fell in love with this amazing place and I was fortunate to get my placement extended until 2016. Despite the challenges, I found that Humour is an important part of facilitating positive change’.
‘In May 2017, I was placed at the parliamentary Union Assembly Hluttaw, Phydaungsu Chamber in NayPyiTaw, Myanmar. There I worked with both parliamentarians and parliamentary staff to strengthen their English voices to use both in the workplace and with friends and family. Attendance was high everyday and throughout this yearlong project, English Learners became increasingly confident with their English and had fun in the process. Laughter became contagious and learning became easier’.
While Alice was both in Cambodia and in Myanmar she and her colleagues published 2 books. In January 2016, The Road to Prosperity ~my education ~my life was published in Mondolkiri, Cambodia. The book is of a collection of interviews and short stories of local men and women about the value of education, social inclusion and gender equality.
English Voices of Myanmar was recently published in March 2018. The book is a practical Resource Activity Parliamentary Curriculum for anyone to use and to disseminate with colleagues, friends, family … It’s about expanding the boundaries of the English language using a higher level of thinking through the use of problem solving, critical thinking, analytical thinking to spark questions for conversation … This English parliamentary curriculum is also about social inclusion, gender roles, and human rights and freedoms …
More later … in the meantime, wishing you fun reading and lots of laughter for the rest of May 2018….:)
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