Lærer og noen av studentene fra Hong Kong - Foto: Knut Inge Bergem
For andre året på rad kom det i sommer studenter og lærere fra Hong Kong universitetet for å hjelpe til på BaanChivitMai (BCM). Hovedoppgaven var å lære barna våre engelsk. I 7 uker levde de sammen med oss, til stor glede og nytte for barna våre. I tillegg til engelskundervisningen hadde de mange aktiviteter med alt fra matlaging og musikk, til trening og lek. Alle var asiatiske, og det gir en ekstra inspirasjon til ungene når de ser at ungdommer som ligner dem selv kan bli så flinke i engelsk. I år bodde 2 av studentene sammen med ungdommene våre på Studentsenteret og 6 bodde på skolehjemmet. Vi håper at dette samarbeidet vil fortsette i årene som kommer, mest avhengig av om studentene fortsatt vil få støtte fra universitetet til å dra for å gjøre denne innsatsen. Den ene læreren kom med en hyggelig hilsen for hvordan han opplever samarbeidet med oss.
Mye liv og latter i undervisningen - Foto: Knut Inge Bergem
Også de minste fikk engelskundervisning med mye bruk av lek - Foto: Knut Inge Bergem
Greetings from the team from Hong Kong
Our Nurturing Global Leaders (NGL) programme at HKU has been working with BCM for two years now. We send small numbers of undergraduate student volunteers to BCM to live with the BCM family, teach English to the children through song and play, and also teach in local schools for a few hours a day.
And what a privilege it has been for our students. As their mentor in Chiang Rai I can see them opening up, opening their hearts to the wild and wonderful kids of BCM, in turn opening to their own natural warmth and open heart. They are made welcome immediately, which cannot fail to enable them integrate into the warm, welcoming BCM family. Last year’s students even went back for two weeks over the Christmas holidays to volunteer more in their own free time, so inspired were they by what they saw.
So yes, our students may be teaching the children English, but I believe they themselves get so much more in return: community, family, and living examples of resilience, balance and good cheer in the face of severe disadvantages.
BCM has a very special alchemy. This is everywhere evident - on the main site, at the Bakery that provides older alumni with work opportunities, and at the new Study Centre for older students which enables young people to live together maturely and collaboratively. And I am convinced this alchemy is down to Knut Bergem’s own special personal qualities - ably supported by Abba and the other staff. Knut’s vision, his ability to hold the space for the children in a way that is both warm, flexible and kind, and his ability to communicate very clear boundaries are truly rare and precious in a society that all too frequently neglects, objectifies and abuses its children.
I am convinced that in fifty years’ time there will be a community of BCM alumni in Northern Thailand in their sixties and seventies, mature, stable adults who can look back on an early life that could have gone badly wrong, but because of BCM turned out well. A community of perhaps thousands of alumni who stay in touch with each other, support each other decades into the future who, because they were given a firm foundation together in early life, turned out to be mature, responsible young people who acquired education and skills and were able to go on and form stable families of their own.
This is a truly wonderful legacy. Our NGL students are privileged indeed to have been part of this.
Julian Chase
NGL Programme
University of Hong Kong
Tidligere nyhetsbrev:
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December 2024
- Dec 9, 2024 Kjært gjensyn Dec 9, 2024
- Dec 9, 2024 Bakeriet Dec 9, 2024
- Dec 9, 2024 De nye barna Dec 9, 2024
- Dec 9, 2024 Skattefradrag og gaver Dec 9, 2024
- Dec 9, 2024 Aktiviteter for alle Dec 9, 2024
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July 2024
- Jul 8, 2024 May – en vond start på livet som er vendt til en solskinnshistorie Jul 8, 2024
- Jul 8, 2024 Nye barn Jul 8, 2024
- Jul 8, 2024 Nytt skoleår Jul 8, 2024
- Jul 8, 2024 Aktiviteter på BCM Jul 8, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 21, 2024 Opplevelser de siste månedene Mar 21, 2024
- Mar 21, 2024 Livshistorie - Son Mar 21, 2024
- Mar 21, 2024 Underbar tid som volontärer på BaanChivitMai Mar 21, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 10, 2023 Besøk på Skolehjemmet Dec 10, 2023
- Dec 10, 2023 Livshistorie - Graiwit Dec 10, 2023
- Dec 10, 2023 Skattefradrag og gaver Dec 10, 2023
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July 2023
- Jul 22, 2023 Nytt skoleår Jul 22, 2023
- Jul 22, 2023 Livshistorie - Panut Jul 22, 2023
- Jul 22, 2023 En liten hilsen fra familien Sandved – frivillige på BCM 2022 Jul 22, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 28, 2023 Flere barn til BCM Mar 28, 2023
- Mar 28, 2023 Livshistorie - Dtee Mar 28, 2023
- Mar 28, 2023 Hilsen fra BIG-teamet Mar 28, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 18, 2022 Nytt Team fra Bibelskolen i Grimstad Dec 18, 2022
- Dec 18, 2022 Livshistorie - En lys fremtid Dec 18, 2022
- Dec 18, 2022 Skattefradrag og gaver Dec 18, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 18, 2022 Familie på tur - perspektiver Sep 18, 2022
- Sep 18, 2022 Livshistorie – Ben Sep 18, 2022
- Sep 18, 2022 Soria Moria Sep 18, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 14, 2022 Thailand – et land i forandring Jun 14, 2022
- Jun 14, 2022 Endelig nytt skoleår! Jun 14, 2022
- Jun 14, 2022 Livshistorie – søskenflokk på 3 Jun 14, 2022
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December 2021
- Dec 14, 2021 Status 2021 Dec 14, 2021
- Dec 14, 2021 Aktiviteter på BCM Dec 14, 2021
- Dec 14, 2021 Livshistorie - Gong og Asoa Dec 14, 2021
- Dec 14, 2021 Skattefradrag og gaver Dec 14, 2021
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September 2021
- Sep 20, 2021 Litt om Covid-situasjonen i Thailand Sep 20, 2021
- Sep 20, 2021 Minneord for Geng Sep 20, 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 21, 2021 Sonans Utdannings studentstipend Jun 21, 2021
- Jun 21, 2021 Ying og Chai Jun 21, 2021
- Jun 21, 2021 Renovasjon Jun 21, 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 8, 2021 Covid-situasjonen i Thailand Apr 8, 2021
- Apr 8, 2021 Alt klart for frukthage Apr 8, 2021
- Apr 8, 2021 Livshistorie – Mek Apr 8, 2021
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December 2020
- Dec 2, 2020 Noen ord om BCM i 2020 Dec 2, 2020
- Dec 2, 2020 Livshistorien til Kanika Dec 2, 2020
- Dec 2, 2020 Julegaveutfordring fra ThAid Dec 2, 2020
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September 2020
- Sep 27, 2020 Livshistorie Sep 27, 2020
- Sep 27, 2020 Brannøvelse Sep 27, 2020
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June 2020
- Jun 14, 2020 Covid-19 utfordrer oss Jun 14, 2020
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March 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 Oppsummering av 2019 Mar 14, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 Konsekvenser for BCM av Corona-viruset Mar 14, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 Frivillige Mar 14, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 Besøk fra Sjømannskirken i Pattaya Mar 14, 2020
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December 2019
- Dec 1, 2019 En liten historie fra dagliglivet Dec 1, 2019
- Dec 1, 2019 Besøk fra Hässleholm tekniske skole Dec 1, 2019
- Dec 1, 2019 Ny meny Dec 1, 2019
- Dec 1, 2019 Skattefradrag og gaver Dec 1, 2019
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September 2019
- Sep 14, 2019 Samarbeidet med Hong Kong universitet Sep 14, 2019
- Sep 14, 2019 Glimt fra Thailand Sep 14, 2019
- Sep 14, 2019 Silk Road - vår matglade sponsor! Sep 14, 2019
- Sep 14, 2019 Nytt styremedlem i ThAid Sep 14, 2019
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June 2019
- Jun 17, 2019 Oppussing og oppdragelse Jun 17, 2019
- Jun 17, 2019 Studentsenteret høytidelig åpnet Jun 17, 2019
- Jun 17, 2019 Hjelperen Bruktbutikk i Søgne Jun 17, 2019
- Jun 17, 2019 Termitter og Bakeriet Jun 17, 2019
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March 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 Program for utrustning Mar 25, 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 Livshistorie – Tongchai Mar 25, 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 En liten hilsen fra fornøyde gjester på BCM Mar 25, 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 De frivillige Mar 25, 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 Julefeiring på BCM Mar 25, 2019
- Mar 25, 2019 Nytt styremedlem i ThAid Mar 25, 2019
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December 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 Julehilsen fra ThAid Dec 9, 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 Økologisk prosjekt Dec 9, 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 Hjelp fra ungdommene Dec 9, 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 Sonans – vår nyeste sponsor Dec 9, 2018
- Dec 9, 2018 Nytt BIG-team Dec 9, 2018