We send our thanks to many students at the Florida International University Study Abroad Program. They are conducting a fund raiser to assist in our bicycle program and they have raised over $1600. We look forward to welcoming many of these students who will be studying in Asia during the month of May. We also appreciate the assistance of Stiftung-Liskamm Foundation for their contribution. Each year we attempt to purchase a new bicycle for graduating students, thus enabling them to continue their education at a government middle school. This year we will have our largest graduating class with an estimated 85 graduates.

We also appreciate the fund raising efforts of Wei Ling and her friends in Malaysia who have consistently provided funding for the graduation bicycle program.

Thanks to two generous donors from Phoenix, Arizona, the school was able to purchase new water filters for all of the classrooms at both Spitler and Kurata schools. Water from the schools’ wells can be filtered through these devices and provide clean drinking water to all of the students at both schools. Students are encouraged to bring plastic water bottles to school so that they can take clean water to their homes to drink when they are not in school. Most of the village homes do not have access to clean water.