Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Swing Set Blueprint Designs





studious vigil Monday evening: We were able to speak in class for a moment of exchange with students from the school of Cambodian timber ("sala chin shih). We shared together reading the book of the story in a warm, students seem very motivated to learn our language and participate fully in the activities offered to them.



We were joined by Ludo in the evening, the head training of young apprentices, who is on site all year, and her friend Camille and her mother Elizabeth. Ludo should address in particular some details in the manufacture of wooden jewelry and we all enjoyed it to place orders.



products made on site are indeed very different: it goes from orange juicer, to earrings, bracelets, hair picks up tables, screens, low tables or chairs and bookcases. Everything depends on commands. The woodwork is superb on site: paddy, rice husk, is used in the manufacture of insulation panels, teak, rosewood, water hyacinth, bamboo, among other species are The most common tree.
The night was a bit rough: in the late afternoon and throughout the evening, a troop transport helicopters passed over our heads, dealing with Thailand are a bit tense at the moment.
The morning of Tuesday was devoted to Aymeric, Fabien Clement and some maintenance work, and Maxine and Peter to the realization of cards for students to remind them of procedures for cleaning and maintenance machines.


Jasmine and Denis went with the head of the township, in the rice fields at the bottom of the village on the future site of the dam ; its construction would be used to have a reserve of water for rice cultivation in the dry season.







Afternoon: work continued at the workshop, between drilling, welding and repairs to the water pump.


Sophie has, meanwhile, applied to take the measurements of students to make their outfits working in Phnom Penh.

Part of the team, Maximus, Fabian and Peter made the round trip in the day in the capital to receive the material ordered for the installation of solar panel next week. On the way back we were able to attend the ballet of factory outlets for hundreds of workers who work in garment enterprises ("adidas" among others).
By late evening, we organized a role play, in French, about conversations between customer and seller in a market: "Customer: Hello Mr. Butcher / Seller: Hello, what do you? / Customer: I need 4 pork chops / Seller: That's all? ... "this has led to some laughter and a very enjoyable time of sharing. At the end of the course, some students continue to talk and share with us French / Khmer.



Tuesday morning: interesting tour of a company that dries the wood and who works to make furniture and above the floor .

The explanations are provided to us by a French / Khmer who settled here and who runs the workshop. The type of wood most used is the padhouk, which resembles a red wooden teak, and palm tree. This afternoon, we visited by a delegation from the Association francophone PPP, Phnom Penh Home, which must provide clothing to children.



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