Monday, August 24, 2015

Khomloy Montessori journey in Mawlamyine city - Myanmar.


This was a successful month for Khomloy Montessori project and we are proud to announce this important step on launching of our long awaited program across Thailand border. While we made tremendous strides in the Thai-Burma border in the recent years, it has always been our dream to expand this amazing program to other countries within Southeast Asia.

We are delighted that Khomloy Montessori project has finally made remarkable progress by converting a pioneer Montessori classroom in Mawlamyine – Myanmar with an objective to improve and increase the access to quality education for Myanmar children and community at large through the Montessori method.

To this regard, we have added St. Joseph Nursery School to our list of over 60+ converted classrooms and we view this additional as a perfect fit for Montessori project as we expand to equip the children with what they need to foster their independence and allow them reach their full potential and lead fulfilling lives. And as a result, KLDF is positioned to continue converting more preschool classrooms in Myanmar to build on the implementation of the best quality education system and accommodate more students in the future.

St Joseph nursery school is run by a group of independent catholic sisters who have dedicated their time to provide the young children with some learning and also care for underprivileged teenage girls. Moreover, since conversion the school has enrolled over 50+ children and the numbers are increasing by day. We have been providing regular in-house Montessori trainings to the sisters and the progress is quite encouraging. 

Besides, we look forward to identify ways to work closely with the parents to help them understand the importance of the child’s first years since we noticed most young children 2-4 years are generally kept at home.

The launch of this amazing project was made possible by Point B Design + Training organization based in Mawlamyine- Myanmar, who have been providing technical support, facilitating communication and coordinating to ensure the program is set up. 

I would also like to thank my fellow colleagues for their exceptional dedication, which has enabled KLDF Montessori project to continue to expand.
Please keep following the progress as we begin "actual" work in this environment. Also enjoy our short video clip below, or see the video link as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMmvhgWMeEI