Shan students in Ban's and Dee's school

This is our teacher Dee whom I wrote about before. She just started a new school with mainly Shan students in the temple from the village. It's a great success and we love to visit. The students were all waiting to show us their work they have done lately and were very proud to show their first attempts to learn to write. On the left you see Dee correcting work and next to her a adult who is also taking this opportunity to develop literacy. She is a serious student and is coming every day. She is a lovely person.

The next photo shows another adult attending Dee's school. He is learning together with his daughter.






This is the new location from teacher Ban! Finally, with the help of Pui, we found a orange farm with a more suitable place for her class. The orange farm also has many Shan workers who are now attending the school as well. None of these Shan people has received education before so the adults, teenagers and children are all learning together. Some of Ban's students who studied with her in the old location are learning in a separate small group because they are a level ahead.
In de previous post (under this one) I collected some reading material about the Shan People. A lot of people think they are a tribal group like Lahu or Lisu; they are not. The Shan or also called Tai Ai are the Burmese refugees fleeing their regime in Burma or now called Myanmar. So for some background info read the following text copied from a web site.