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Goducate English camp in China (Part 2)

Team flags, team cheers, team shirts. It was impossible to miss evidence of team spirit at the Goducate LifePegs (www.lifepegs.com) 2010 English Essentials Summer camp, especially at the daily pep rallies and at sports time. But on Team Spirit Day (Wed, Aug 4) it was even more evident as students and coaches turned up in their most eyecatching, creative, even outlandish, gear.

At sports time every afternoon what was evident was not only team spirit but also keen healthy competition for points that each of the leagues (Storm Alliance and Blaze United) would accumulate throughout the camp for the English World Cup. The highlight of the sports activities was an Amazing Race type of relay held at Nanhu Park on Sat morning (Aug 7), with students having to perform a specified task at each of the checkpoints.

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Goducate Training Center development continues at frantic pace

The rainy season is fast approaching in the Philippines. Thankfully, most of the rain has fallen in other parts of the Philippines and has been rather light on our camp-site in Iloilo, Philippines.

As the roads leading to the camp-site will be muddy, work requiring heavy equipment must be done before the heavy rains come. Also, heavier building materials (eg. steel beams, concrete posts) must be brought on site before the roads become unpassable to heavy trucks.

We are doing our best not to damage the roads leading to the campsite as this will affect our neighbours, who are mostly poor rice farmers. If we want to help poor Asians help themselves, these are the first group of people that we should do our best to help.

We are planning a seminar for them to teach them how to increase their yields by growing hybrid rice. Learning to work with them will help our trainees to work with other poor farming communities in Asia.

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Update of development of Goducate Training Center in Iloilo, Philippines

A worker clears the bottom of the canal to allow water from the pond to flow into the ricefield.
A worker clears the bottom of the canal to allow water from the pond to flow into the ricefield.
A payloader widens the entrance to the camp.
A payloader widens the entrance to the camp.
One-third portion of the water impoundment. There has been no observed surface run-off yet . The water appears to have accumulated from the underground spring.
One-third portion of the water impoundment. There has been no observed surface run-off yet . The water appears to have accumulated from the underground spring.
A canal was made to drain water from the pond. However, soil along the canal would collapse at certain sections so the flow of water is impeded. To solve this problem, 3-ft diameter concrete culverts will have to placed into the canal and covered with gravel and soil.
A canal was made to drain water from the pond. However, soil along the canal would collapse at certain sections so the flow of water is impeded. To solve this problem, 3-ft diameter concrete culverts will have to placed into the canal and covered with gravel and soil.