This is a Zomi School. Some classes are without tables & chairs. The students are happy to sit on the floor to have some access to some form of education. Dedicated volunteers from Blessed Community Services are here almost everyday to provide the Zomi children some form of learning and prepare them for the future that awaits them if & when they are re-settled once accepted by the host country. My Heart goes to them!
As of Nov 2008, there are some 44,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia. Of these, 39,000 are from Myanmar. Despite the adversity, as their parents are not able to obtain formal employment and they have no access to healthcare at government hospitals or clinics, not able to attend government schools and have no means to attend private schools, the Zomi children are always smiling. I guess they are grateful that there are people out there who are aware of their plight and who are helping them in any way possible. Very noble indeed!
Some are quite fortunate to have some Tables & Chairs
Class in Action!
Zomi children are eager learners
Don't disturb me, I want to read!
Zomi children proudly display the books
This is mine!
Facts & Figures:
- On 27 Mar 2009, Tania Lee & Michael Quan of SIBKL Blessed Community Services met up with Book Haven's Jeff Cheah & LC Lee to discuss the Zomi mini-Library Project
- On 8 Apr 2009, a group of volunteers from SIBKL Blessed Community Services were at the Scholastic Office to select the books (65 books) for the Zomi School mini-Library
- Also on 8 Apr 2009, the Zomi children gathered around to choose the appropriate books (62 books in all) for the mini-Library
- On 12 Apr 2009, two full-height, book cabinets were delivered to the Zomi School
- On 6 May 2009, Jeff Cheah handed over 25 books donated by The Dram Projects
- On 19 Jun 2009, on the mini-Library opening at Zomi School, The Dram Projects again donated another 60 books
- On 16 Aug, a batch of 213 books were donated to Zomi & Zophie Schools from the Book Raising Drive held at Villa Flora Condo, TTDI
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Acknowledgements:
- The 1st batch of books & book cabinets are sponsored by the ABC Golf Group
- Blessed Community Service volunteers facilitated in the selection of books at the Scholastic Book Shop
- The Dram Projects (Daphne Lee) donated a total of 85 books, complimentary of various Book Publishers
For more photos, go to Album http://picasaweb.google.com/bookhaven2008/ZomiZophieChildrenInSchool# http://picasaweb.google.com/bookhaven2008/ChoosingBooksByMyanmarChildren#
It was a great celebration this afternoon. We did enjoy the fellowship and most of all, we would like to thank you and your groups/ partners for sacrificing your TIME, ENERGY and your MONEY for our children. Your giving mean a Life-Changing Investment for Our Future. Please continue doing Great Works, Good Deeds which will change our world a better place. I was thrilled by the encouragement of "Good Citizen of the World." Yes, we all are climbing to that mountain! The melodies of this song came to our mind as the "Zomi Mini-Library" celebration is over. However, your contribution will Remain Forever in Our Hearts... Indeed, its More than Beyond Borders. Its an unbounded and sweet melody that sings in the heart of these little ones...
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"Heal The World"
There's A Place In
Your Heart
And I Know That It Is Love
And This Place Could
Be Much
Brighter Than Tomorrow
And If You Really Try
You'll Find There's No Need
To Cry
In This Place You'll Feel
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow
There Are Ways
To Get There
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
Make A Better Place...
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
If You Want To Know Why
There's A Love That
Cannot Lie
Love Is Strong
It Only Cares For
Joyful Giving
If We Try
We Shall See
In This Bliss
We Cannot Feel
Fear Or Dread
We Stop Existing And
Start Living
Then It Feels That Always
Love's Enough For
Us Growing
So Make A Better World
Make A Better World...
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Dream We Were
Conceived In
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
And The World We
Once Believed In
Will Shine Again In Grace
Then Why Do We Keep
Strangling Life
Wound This Earth
Crucify Its Soul
Though It's Plain To See
This World Is Heavenly
Be God's Glow
We Could Fly So High
Let Our Spirits Never Die
In My Heart
I Feel You Are All
My Brothers
Create A World With
No Fear
Together We'll Cry
Happy Tears
See The Nations Turn
Their Swords
Into Plowshares
We Could Really Get There
If You Cared Enough
For The Living
Make A Little Space
To Make A Better Place...
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
You And For Me
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