Data/hora: 14/06/2024 10:38:15

Provedor de dados: 	19	
País: 	Japan	
Título: 	小規模な教育プロジェクトの大学／NGO の協力：ミャンマーの孤児院のための財政支援や生活を向上させます

University/NGO cooperation on small-scale education projects:improving financial support and livelihood for orphanage in Myanmar	
Autores: 	SMITH, Marshall; スミス, マーシャル.	
Data: 	2015	
Ano: 	2015	
Palavras-chave: 	Myanmar; Orphanage; Self-supporting; Sustainability.	
Resumo: 	Bethel Children’s Home (BCH) is an orphanage, established in 2002 in Myanmar, for orphans, semiorphansfrom underprivileged families, and abandoned children. At the time of initiating this project for BCH, there were 22 children ranging from 5 to 18 years of age living there under the care of house parents. Originally supported by a US aid organization, BCH found it increasingly difficult to operate financially due to the accelerating Myanmar economy driving up the Myanmar currency and commodity prices. Thus, a 5-year project was proposed by the author, in January 2013, to help BCH become financially stable and self-sufficient. The ongoing project entails utilizing the land around BCH for implementing economic activities such as raising milk cows and rubber/fruit plantation. Dairy farming was proposed as a viable option due to the sufficiency of land and the cows providing both fresh milk and a source of income. It was also considered that caring for the animals would be good training and animal therapy for the children. Not least, the animal manure could be used as organic fertilizer for rubber/fruit tree cultivation. An economically and environmentally sustainable combination of longer-term rubber trees with fruit trees was determined and seedlings started. Two years into the project, a small income flow has already been generated. In order to ensure the long-term success of the project, BCH personnel are working closely together with committee members and other related persons, including the children themselves, in planning and implementing ongoing project strategies and measures.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4202	
Editor: 	帯広畜産大学	
Fonte: 	帯広畜産大学