Project OpenHeartsToo is a Youth Expedition Project (YEP) This YEP would take place in Laos, Hardpang Village from 12th June to 28th June 2011.
The team is aiming to achieve the following goals:
1) Build two classroom for Hutpang Primary school with the assistance of local contractors. This classroom will be used to teach children from age 3-6, allowing 40 more students to attend school .It would be made with bricks, concrete, wood and cemented flooring.
2) 5 sharing sessions on basic conversation english phrases with Hutpang students from age 7-11
3) Sharing basic first aid skills with the teaching staffs of Hutpang primary school by medics in the Team. In the future, teaching staffs will be able to attend to student’s injuries with the first aid kits donated to the school.
Background info regarding the team name:
Project OpenHeartsToo(2) is named after Project OpenHearts 2010, in which both the leaders (Lee Jin and Tze Wei)were members. We spent 16 unforgettable days in Cambodia constructing a house for a poor family in the village, as well as celebrated and planned activities for children at an orphanage on Christmas day. The entire trip was an eye-opener and the team left Cambodia with many precious and wonderful memories. Till this day, thinking of our awesome encounters in Cambodia never fails to bring smiles to our faces.
Team Openhearts in front of the house we built (above) and back in Singapore at Changi airport (below) :
About YEP
Youth Expedition Project (YEP) is made possible and administered by the National Youth Council (NYC) and the funding is made possible by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and Tote Board (Singapore Totalisator Board).
