Hey Everyone!
I have been working at Thai Freedom House for almost two
weeks now, and so far it has been really busy! The graduation ceremony for this
past academic term is on Friday, and so there has been a lot of planning for
that throughout the week. This past term we taught Shan, Burmese, English, and
Thai, and I had the opportunity to be present for a couple of the English and
Thai courses the last week or so. The students are mainly Burmese refugees or
migrants and are from all ages. Almost every day, donations from places all
over town come in and need to be sorted so they can be distributed to groups of
indigenous people and refugee camps along the border, so a lot of time has been
dedicated to that so far as well.
Outside of the day to day affairs, I have also been assigned
to look into and develop possible fundraising opportunities that organizations
such as Thai Freedom House are regularly supported by. So far research has
included potential grant or other fundraising opportunities, which I will
continue researching or possibly developing my own fundraising project
throughout the summer
Lastly, many of the employees at Thai Freedom House or Free
Bird Cafe are Burmese and are still learning English, and I will be tutoring
some of them once a week while I am here.
It has been an amazing experience so far. There is always
work to be done, and I am really looking forward to the new experiences and the
rest of the summer here!
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