At a very poor province in Thailand, you'll see a very promising future and the hopes of the poor province Buriram . These futures are nurtured by a well-renowned school known as Mechai Pattana Bamboo School, a school founded by Thai great leader Mechai Viravaidya in 2009. The school looks like a little education paradise in Kok Klang Sub District, Lamplaimat, Buriram. As you enter the school vicinity, you will be welcomed by a bamboo gazebo and blooming bougainvillea flowers. You will also pass the bamboo bridge referred by Mr. Mechai as a bridge from ignorance to education. Truly, Mechai Pattana Bamboo School is a bridge to a better world as all students are educated and empowered with high standards of education. Aside from the regular English, Science and Math subjects they also have Chinese and Japanese subjects. They have one 1:1 ratio of workbooks, textbooks and brand new computers from Microsoft. They also received different leadership and additional short courses and skills training from the different foreign volunteers visiting the school. They do their different classes inside their beautiful, clean, big and well-ventilated bamboo classrooms. The cool breeze of different fruit trees, the calm lake, the aromatic smell of flowers and vegetables, the bamboo swaying in the wind that creates a relaxing chime, the chirping birds and the varied learning noises of teachers and students indeed make Mechai Pattana Bamboo School an education paradise. | http://www.mechaifoundation.org/school.asp |
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2/20/2014 12:11:50 am
For that dome, was the roof all made of bamboo? Or, they do two layers...the metal roof and then bamboo material on top of it?
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2/20/2014 12:13:46 am
Anne, can you document the process of their bamboo treatment to make it last 80 years? That idea would be helpful for the Lamlifew Village Museum in which the construction materials are predominantly bamboo.
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2/20/2014 12:17:34 am
Do they sell indigenous products they made at the Idea and Innovation Center? Those finished crafts are pretty impressive.
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Anneis a member of the Blaan tribe, an indigenous group in the Philippines. Inspired by the daunting challenges of her marginalized tribe, she is committed on her quest to expose the Blaan indigenous group to a wider world by improving access to education in their villages while preserving and strengthening their cultural identity. Archives
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