Vocational training sees engineering student employed in Japan
One of our engineering students has recently been employed as a specialist arc welder with a Japanese company in Japan. An opportunity that would have been beyond his wildest dreams when we began his training three years ago.
Light Engineering Workshop to Benefit Rural Students
Students in this rural area will soon benefit from vocational education and training in this new purpose built light engineering training centre.
Metta Geha Liz Lofthouse Library A First
The newly built library and study room at Metta Geha will benefit even the very youngest students. We believe this library is the first of its kind in the whole of Chin State.
Metta Geha shop open for business!
Metta Geha weaving workshop open for business
Withakar Orphanage – Vocational training & library
All residents are now undergoing at least basic computer training at this site so we are upgrading our existing computer training facility and library.
Kani Boy’s Orphanage – Vocational training
Ten boys have made particularly good use of our vocational training: three have graduated as IT teachers, and seven have secured tech jobs in the Mingaladon industrial area in Yangon.
Para Wady Girls’ Orphanage – Horticulture
The good news from this little orphanage deep in the Irrawady Delta, is seemingly never-ending. Four of the girls are at University, and one has already qualified as a teacher.
METTA GEHA – WEAVING
Residents at this remote site in western Myanmar are learning tradition Chin weaving skills in our new vocational training project.
METTA GEHA – HORTICULTURE
Each time we return to our horticulture project in the Chin Hills the garden has expanded a little more - a coffee plant nursery is the latest addition.
MBOA Boys’ Orphanage
Computer training - When we visited the Myanmar Buddhist Orphanage Association in 2004 we saw a need to help the boys develop career-oriented skills.