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Coast2Coast Team 10 have made some good progress in our fundraising efforts!

And we dedicate our recent progress to the contributions and supports from everyone around us.

The team is counting down 3 weeks to depart for Cambodia.

We are preparing our trip logistics and items for donation to the kids and staff in Peaceful Children's Home II.

We would like to share the current list with you, hoping that you could aid us in the collection by

Some items here are easily available anywhere in Singapore, and it shouts right out in our face how little we appreciate the ease we have with certain items of our lifestyle.

We are hoping that the items donated are in

Here's the list!

No	Item Type / Category	Examples
	Stationery (Writing and drawing tools)	Crayons, Colour pencils, Colour markers, Pencils, Paint, Paint Brushes, Pencil case
	Stationery (Others)	Glue, Scissors, Pencil sharpener Glitter / Glitter Glue Masking tape, Scotch tape Nylon String / Twine
	Stationery (Paper)	Construction Paper, Mahjong Paper, Notebooks, Exercise Books, Drawing blocks, Cellophane paper, Learning flipchart, Origami paper
	Books	Art & Craft, origami book, Science related, children’s story books
	Art and Craft	Balloons / Balloon Pumps Plasticine Kite Craft (dowel)
	Sports balls	Basketball, Soccer ball, Volleyball
	Food items	Candies, Biscuits Instant food
	Ethnic Costumes	(Chinese, Indian and Malay costumes) for children aged 7 – 16
	Media	Radio, CD Player with batteries, Photo printer, Photo papers

Project Coast2Coast 10 (C2C 10),

is the 10th Coast2Coast project which is under the umbrella of the Ayer Rajah-West Coast Citizens' Consultative Committee (AR-WC CCC). Project Coast2Coast (http://www.coast2coast.org.sg/) was initiated in January 2005, shortly after the tsunami.

It is a community-based overseas humanitarian expedition programme aimed at providing good overseas learning opportunities to local volunteers so as to inculcate in them a sense of public spiritedness, global social responsibility and also to enhance their inter-personal, project management and leadership skills.

Coast2Coast 10 consists of 19 people, ranging from students to working adults coming from different walks of life, each with own warmth character is  going to embark a project to Peaceful Children Home II which is located at Battambang province of Cambodia.


Beneficiary
Peaceful Children Home II is managed by the Khmer Foundation for Justice, Peace and Welfare.
Sheltering a total of 46 children - 24 boys and 22 girls in its two dormitories.
These children are victims of child trafficking, extreme poverty, abandonment, and decades of warfare.
Home II provides these children with Primary school, Secondary school and higher education.

Activities by C2C10 at Home II:
Refurbishment of the building structures with a new coat of paint with interesting murals and constructed pavement to connect the various buildings of the home, so that the residents of the home need not to walk through muddy soil grounds with hidden potholes to get from one point to another.

Instill children’s interest in different subjects via fun interactive lessons such as science experiments, Art & Craft lesson, sports games etc.

For English speaker: pls say "ke-mair" (mair sounds like hair, or the sound sheeps make. ha)

For Khmer native speakers: pls say "ke-mai"

which is right?

Language consistency remains one of problems man face. The same tool, is a source of understanding, AND misunderstanding. And i'm not adding the unique contribution of para linguistics, an area of study of how non-verbal elements modify meaning and convey emotions, consciously or unconsciously. (eg, intonation of speech, pitch, volume).

In the 2 weeks we will spend at Battambang, making ourselves understood, and understanding others illustrates an area of increased demand on our existing levels/abilities. I personally believe that is so even when we can converse in simple English. What are the feelings and thinking accompanying these moments (and what do they mean?), and what do we do in response to challenges like these? How do others handle such issues?

Let's also consider what happens when you are facing increased load (various kinds), how does your normal response patterns to others change? *I would want to be out of the way when you snap, keke*