In the morning we traveled to another very remote village surrounded by rice fields to install BioSand
filters for impoverished rural households. This highly effective design was simple to construct after an initial instruction. It is a concrete mold layered with gravel and sand that bacteria can't get through. The students enthusiastically installed the filter providing clean drinking water for each family for the next forty years.
In the afternoon we visited Bos Bov Middle School where we met students in years 7-9. We toured the newly built classrooms and concluded our time with a passionate game of soccer. Harry lead us to victory, 1-0. Later on we walked through a local Community Birthing Centre and watched a lady arrive in a hammock strung up on the back of a rice tractor. The original facility was basic. However the staff are very proud of their new building where they can vaccinate children and treat the medical needs of over seventeen local villages.
Constructing and installing a BioSand water filter was a
rewarding experience. To think that a family now has clean water for the rest
of their lives gives me a sense of achievement. The BioSand water filters will
also help to make sure that the families are healthier and don't get sick as
often. I just wish we could have built more. - Christopher
Today we visited Bos Bov Middle School. We were taken on a tour
through the classrooms which were big and had about 80 students in them. After
that we were shown their new building. Then we played a friendly soccer game
with the boys, which we won. We played together as an awesome team and Harry
scored the only goal to lead us to a one - nil victory. We also saw a birthing
clinic in the village. It was great that women now have an area to give birth
but it looked very small in comparison to where women give birth in Australia. - Ashleigh
This morning the students of Team A went back to the same community we had met yesterday, this time going to the school to see and hear about the program ‘We can read and write better Teacher, better Education.’ This initiative targets students with poor literacy in order to provide focussed and differentiated lessons that will assist struggling students. The school is closely integrated with the community so it succeeds because both the families and the school works together to educate and provide working facilities.
In the afternoon we visited a second school that is part of a project called ‘Water for Kids’. It involved seeing the way the school has integrated clean drinking water and the positive impact this has had on student attendance and strengthening the community. It's amazing to see how simple things such as clean water and communities working together allow people to overcome the challenges of poverty.
Today at the school we had the chance to pain two of the
bins at the school. We were asked to paint them in a way that would be
colourful and attractive. The team of us who painted had heaps of fun. As we
painted there were children watching, all the children watching were smiling
and laughing and they all just looked so genuinely happy. It was a massive
privilege to be able to leave something behind at the school that will stay
there for a long time. - Megan
All the kids had made a circle holding hands and so I joined.
despite the language barrier I caught on pretty quick to their different local
games, and oh my goodness it was so good. These gorgeous
kids would push in front of each other when we'd make a big circle just so they
could hold my hand. The thing was, we laughed and touched and felt in the same
way and that connection that I could have between the kids and I was magical. I love these kids
and their joy and laughs so much experiences as small as playing games in a
school yard are just so fulfilling - Ella
In the afternoon we visited Bos Bov Middle School where we met students in years 7-9. We toured the newly built classrooms and concluded our time with a passionate game of soccer. Harry lead us to victory, 1-0. Later on we walked through a local Community Birthing Centre and watched a lady arrive in a hammock strung up on the back of a rice tractor. The original facility was basic. However the staff are very proud of their new building where they can vaccinate children and treat the medical needs of over seventeen local villages. 
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