Project
Sankamap - This is one of the major projects
being undertaken this year and has the co-operation of
three Marist Pacific provinces and the district of Melanesia.
The aim of this project is to support education on Bougainville.
Burui
- St Marcellin Champagnat Technical High School
is an initiative to serve the needs of the very poor families
in an area that does not have any form of secondary education
facility.
Cambodia
- La Valla School in Cambodia has featured in
a number of our past campaigns. The school provides opportunities
for both students and teachers with disabilities, many
the victims of landmines. This project is giving teachers
a chance of professional in-service training to ensure
the continuation of 'best practice' education to the students.
East
Sepik - The 'Educational Resource Centres'
project last year was to supply computers and computer
equipment to remote areas on Bougainville. This year we
aim to provide training programs and send more computers,
increasing the facilities over there.
Mabiri
- The Marist Education Project incorporates a high school
and vocational centre, however the remoteness of its location
provides a problem for teachers with young families. Mabiri
does not have an elementary school and these qualified
teachers are forced to move to towns. To prevent the loss
of these good Marist teachers, we are looking to build
an elementary school.
Mangamanuthu
- A village in Southern India is the location
of a new Marist junior secondary school. Most families
in this area come from a social group called the 'Dalits',
a group which society shows much prejudice to and offers
little in terms of development.
Melanesia
- The project in Melanesia centres on supporting
teachers (most of which are ex-students of our schools
and training centres) as they upgrade their professional
standards.
Vanuatu
- In the competitive education system, not all
students will have the ability to go to institutes of
higher learning. Our response is to provide schools to
teach 'life skills', with the hope that our students can
return to their village and put these to use. What we
need, however, are the tools and equipments for teaching
purposes.
Sri
Lanka - One of our projects is to overcome
the cultural difficulty in the area. As it is not safe
for girls to walk to our school at night, which provides
an afterschool study and homework centre mainly between
5pm and 10pm. What we would like to provide is a transport
service.
East
Timor - Katilosa is a non-government organisation
working with persons with disabilties. Its mission promotes
equal rights and opportunities by their programs and activities.
Vanga
- Vanga Point in the Solomon Islands, has been
the sight of a number of our projects. Most recently we
sought to provide primary education to local village children
and children of the teachers working at St Dominic's Rural
Training Centre. We are now looking for funds to support
an internship program for our 'Teachers in Training'.
