It’s the last day of
September and as promised I have sat down at home in England to bring all the
friends of LEOT up to date with our news.
It’s been a busy year
for me as I have made five visits to meet with the
Laos Government or to help out with the running of our school.
As autumn begins in
England it marks the end of my working career in the Truck Industry. Next year
I will split my time between my family in England and my second family at the
LEOT School in Laos.
It’s great news that
the school is prospering and has just opened for its third year. We had just
over 250 applicants for places this year and are pleased to have started
classes with just over 160 pupils. We have even opened the school on Saturdays
for a drop in beginner’s class.
None of this would
have been possible without the help of many people.
Our joint founders
Alan and Nick for laying down such wonderful foundations.
Our volunteers that
give so much of their time at their own cost.
I must give a very
special thanks to Jeannette for taking on the position of school Director this
year.
Thanks to all our
young Laos teachers for their enthusiasm and joy in teaching at our school.
I mustn’t forget baby
Tonglet the newest member of our community.
So what are the
achievements of the year?
The school is a vibrant and a happy place.
It was full with laughter and fun when we held our recent awards day and presented certificates of achievement to 110 students for completing their courses.
Our scholarship
students continue to achieve great results at University and we are proud to
see them qualify in subjects from Teaching to Accountancy and from Air Traffic
Controllers to Dentists. We are proud that we have found places for 4 new
students this month and all will start their courses in the next two weeks.
It is also important
to us that we are part of the community we live in. We were very proud to be
joined by many officials from our local villages to celebrate awards day.
We have completed
several projects locally helping to provide water to a local school and a bore
hole for the school for deaf children.
It was fantastic to
be asked to join with a Lao project to provide equipment for a local school. We
plan to help them install electricity and repaint class rooms
We are helping our
own village install toilets in the local meeting room.
Our biggest project
is within the school.
This week we are
extending our drainage system
Installing projectors
in all the class rooms
Improving the
ventilation system
We are most
importantly a school teaching English. Jeannette and Clare arrived early to
carry our teacher training on our new interactive curriculum from Oxford University.
Ken and Tricia have also given us help and advice. We look forward to seeing
them at the school in January.
None of this would be
possible without our supporters that provide our funding
Individual Sponsors
that give students four years financial support to our scholarship students
Heath & Reach WI
for providing over 1500 jumpers for village children. They have just started a
village programme to provide medical equipment for our local community
The Rotary Club of Leighton
Buzzard for giving funding to our activities
Various sponsors that
have provided us with laptop computers
Go philanthropic Foundation
for your visit in March and your funding of both the school and scholarship
scheme.
To all our funders
who remain anonymous
Wow it’s quite a
list.
I’m sorry I have
missed out some events and people.
Even if I haven’t mentioned
you I know you are making a real difference to our students
Many Thanks
Peter
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