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]]> http://www.live-adventurously.com/our-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-105 News from Ocean of Hope Foundation « The Amazing Seas Book Event Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:22:11 +0000 http://www.live-adventurously.com/?page_id=281#comment-105 [...] Ocean of Hope was back on the road in Fiji last month where we made two village visits.  First, we returned to the island and community school on Malake, Fiji to check on our progress there.  Malake was our first Overseas Classroom project and we continue to work with them.  Malake is a traditional Fijian village whose men spearfish by freediving, mostly at night.  They spearfish to provide food to eat but it is also their single source for the currency then need to buy the things they can not produce themselves.  Initially, we supplied a copier, paper and toner which are being used to produce workbooks and exams which were both in critically short supply.  This continues to be a huge benefit to the school as it provides them with their day to day working materials.  The children were sitting on the floor to do their work so we also purchased a dozen chairs.  You’ve never seen children so wildly happy about a chair.  Later we sent two large boxes of English language paperback books.  Materials to teach English are always in short supply and it’s critical for the children to learn English because nobody else in the world speaks Fijian.  So if Fijians want to work in tourism or for companies doing business internationally – which are desirable and higher income jobs – they must know English.  Moving forward, we will be sending another batch of children’s English book. [...] [...] Ocean of Hope was back on the road in Fiji last month where we made two village visits.  First, we returned to the island and community school on Malake, Fiji to check on our progress there.  Malake was our first Overseas Classroom project and we continue to work with them.  Malake is a traditional Fijian village whose men spearfish by freediving, mostly at night.  They spearfish to provide food to eat but it is also their single source for the currency then need to buy the things they can not produce themselves.  Initially, we supplied a copier, paper and toner which are being used to produce workbooks and exams which were both in critically short supply.  This continues to be a huge benefit to the school as it provides them with their day to day working materials.  The children were sitting on the floor to do their work so we also purchased a dozen chairs.  You’ve never seen children so wildly happy about a chair.  Later we sent two large boxes of English language paperback books.  Materials to teach English are always in short supply and it’s critical for the children to learn English because nobody else in the world speaks Fijian.  So if Fijians want to work in tourism or for companies doing business internationally – which are desirable and higher income jobs – they must know English.  Moving forward, we will be sending another batch of children’s English book. [...]

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