WEAVE continues to mobilize its resources in Mae Hong Son to further improve the Early Childhood, Care, and Development (ECCD) for displaced ethnic minority children from Burma.  A series of summer training sessions, workshops, and meetings were conducted in both Karenni Site 1 and 2 in Mae Hong Son Province during the entire month of March.  The education and training activities were headed by the ECCD project team.

Part of the ECCD project’s mandate is to build capacity through knowledge and skills enhancement of Capacity Building Trainers (CBT) otherwise known as the Parent Educators.  They provide support to the nursery schools by complementing the work of teachers in providing assistance to children’s parents on various skills and knowledge on child rearing practices.  Rollie Verzosa, WEAVE’s Education and Training Coordinator, is supported by other WEAVE trainers in the implementation of capacity building sessions with its local partners, the women’s organizations on the Thai-Burma border. In early March, Rollie Versoza conducted the Milestones on Early Childhood Development and Psychosocial training in Mae Hong Son, Thailand.

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Last March 29- April 2, the Early Childhood Development team conducted two trainings simultaneously for nursery teachers in the Ban Don Yan Karen refugee camp and in the Plaing Japense village, Mon area n Mae Hong Son province. The 5-day trainings revolved around the topics Child Development and Visual Aids which were participated in by 28 staff and students in the Karen Camp and 30 participants in the Plaing Japense Village hailing from 6 different villages in the area.

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2-Day Training at Mae Ra Ma Luang

WEAVE’s ECD team conducted a two-day training for the nursery child development team on November 24-25, 2009 at Mae Ra Ma Luang. It was attended by 18 participants as well as 1 Project Coordinator, 11 Head Teachers, 4 Teacher Trainers 1 Local Coordinator and 1 teacher.

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OCTOBER 2009 UPDATES

• On Oct. 21-23, 2009, the Income-Generation Group (IGP) had a very productive 3 day-workshop which discussed on the current IGP studies and proposed business planning in Mae Sot.   It was attended by all the MS staff such as Dawa, Cynthia, Kaw-kaw, Kid and See as well as Mitos, Aunty Nancy, Nikos and Jovy.
• The 5 day-Project Cycle Management organized by the Education and Training team was successfully conducted on October 27 to 31, 2009 in Mae Sot. It was attended by Dawa, Cynthia, Aunty Nancy, Nang Hseng, Fuji, Dina, Say Meh, Choe Khu and other members from the partner organizations.
  
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