Happy shark for happy kids
We have some great news to share with you: with a lot of help from wonderful volunteers from all around the world, our latest school renovation project is finished!
A big thank you in the name of the kids
We could not be happier and prouder of everyone who helped us make this dream become a reality.
A great big thank you goes out to:
- Hard-working volunteers who built, painted, planted and worked on playground for kids
- All our guests who stayed at Spicy Villa and went on tours by Next Step Thailand and contributed to our project
- Lisa Newton-Goverd, her friendds and family who organized a foundraizer for us
- Our staff for giving us a hand with this project
Kindergarten Renovation Project Overview
A local kindergarten was built for Karen children by the government in Mae Win, but the government had a very limited budged for this building. Therefore the school was extremely basic and unmaintained for years. It was not a nice and fun environment where local kids would be happy to come learn and play and due to the lack of maintenance it was also not a safe environment for them.
We decided to do something for the kids and make their first years of schooling more enjoyable. We collected funds under our Share the Dream Project to make this possible.
After we had enough funding to start renovating this kindergarten, we invited volunteers to help us. We painted the building and our artistic volunteers drew some fun pictures for kids. We fixed the building, put up safety fences and planted a small garden. We provided new equipment, books, stationary, toys and games. We also constructed a safe playground in front of the building for the kids.
It was a lot of hard work, but we knew that the results would be amazing and bring a lot of happiness to local kids and give them a better education and better chance in life.
Have a look at the gallery of our amazing volunteers and staff at work.
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New door to the kindergarten
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Painting a bench
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Removing the old fence
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Fun drawings on the walls
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New playground for kids
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Painting the bench
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Work on a new fence
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View of the new playground
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Kids planting a small garden
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Cute elephant family
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Changing an unsafe fence
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Preparing bamboo for new fencing
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Decorating school entrance
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New fence is going up
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Building a new fence
This is how you can help with our community projects
As excited as we are to have this project finished and to see the kids smiling, we still have a lot of work left. There are many more local schools that need our help and we are already collecting funds and resources for the next project.
Every guests that stays with us at Spicy Villa Eco-Lodges or goes on one of our tours is also helping us fund our Share the Dream Project, since a part of all our proceedings goes to Share the dream Project fund.
If you come stay with us or join us on a tour, there is still more you can do. You can check a list of items that are always needed for our school projects and bring them with you.
You can donate funds to our PayPal account.
And you will help us a lot by just sharing this news and letting the world know about our projects and how everyone van help.
