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16th January 2021
Maddie talks about how she has been dealing with an internship done entirely online and working from home – when she would otherwise have expected to be in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia working with disadvantaged local children. The experience is challenging for everyone but the attitude of the kids has made it a […]
read more13th January 2021
Charlotte is one of three interns working with our Building Bridges project in Malaysia for this academic year, providing mentoring sessions and fun English classes online – BBBB Online – for children at Rumah Aman, a Muslim children’s home in Kuala Lumpur. They work with small groups of children two or three times a week. […]
read more7th January 2021
We wish you all a very happy and fulfilling year this year. Thank you to all those who helped us in 2020! We are optimistic that before the end of this year we will again be welcoming volunteers to our projects around Asia. In the meantime, we are incredibly grateful to all the volunteers who […]
read more12th September 2020
None of our project partners expects to be able to take international volunteers this year. As soon as the situation changes we will announce the new vacancies. In the meantime, we do require help with some online mentoring sessions conducted in English for children living in children’s homes. If you are interested, please Contact Us!
read more3rd July 2020
None of our partner projects are taking volunteers at this time. However, we still welcome enquiries from interested candidates. Once we are in a position to place people again we will be informing all those who have expressed an interest. Thank you for your ongoing support!
read more3rd July 2020
On Wednesday 1st July the kindergarten and nursery classes began again at the school with a total of 15 children turning up. Some of the children did not come due to fear among the families, however we are pleased that no one in the community has caught the virus. Most families still do not have […]
read more25th June 2020
Again, we would like to thank all those who have helped this community in their hour of particular need ! The community seem to be keeping in good spirits although the school management estimate that fewer than 15% of them have got their jobs back. Very understandably, the first jobs to open up are going […]
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7th May 2020
Over recent weeks former volunteers from the BBBB programme have responded with enormous generosity to the plight of the refugee community. We want to express our deepest thanks to all! In Malaysia, as in countries around the globe, there has been a government enforced lockdown over recent weeks in response to Covid-19. This has meant […]
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14th April 2020
Eilish and Faye had to return to the UK a few days earlier than expected as the Corona Virus meant borders were closing across the world. Here Eilish reflects on the second half of their assignment and what the experience meant to her…… As I fell back into the routine of teaching I had to […]
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14th April 2020
She thought it could be useful for new volunteers if she described the average day at the refugee school…….. A typical day teaching at the Myanmar Refugee School Every day of teaching is different and will come with its own set of challenges but also the moments of excitement. Here is an example of what […]
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14th April 2020
Eilish and Faye moved into the new volunteers’ apartment this week and invited the children over to celebrate…….. On Friday morning the [refugee school] children took part in some team-building activities. They worked in small groups to achieve building the tallest tower using only marshmallows and spaghetti. They had just 10 minutes to construct a […]
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14th April 2020
Latifah took a gap year between graduating from Oxford and starting her career in law. After working for an NGO in HK she came to Malaysia for 3 months. If you are considering volunteering in Malaysia with the Myanmar refugee school you should certainly read this detailed blog by Latifah…….. PART I: My Experience at […]
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