I joined the Temasek Overseas Outreach Programme in December 2008. With some 20 schoolmates‚ I went to a Cambodian village named Sangke Croun Village. At the village‚ we provided manual labour in digging wells‚ building toilets and fencing the village school. We also taught the students there. We carried out fund-raising projects in Singapore to raise US$5000 for the school. As we also believe that charity begins at home‚ we organized an event in collaboration with Singapore Children’s Society
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wife‚ Kerry‚ and I were assigned to this village of 800 people in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It looked as if we were in for a true Indiana Jones adventure! The mountains were dramatic and thick with rain forest. No roads had ever scarred them. We had loaded a four-seater plane with cargo (we would fly out every three months to resupply) and flew for 30 bumpy minutes southwest to the mountain ridges. From the plane‚ the village looked very much like a shoebox panorama
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Background : The residents of Purok 5‚ Fellings Village‚ John Bosco District particularly in our area who are living near the riverbank or one of the low lying villages in the city‚ which is 3rd class city in the province of Surigao del Sur‚ Mindanao that had always been experiencing floods due to the rising of the river waters in that area. It has been‚ observed that even just a slight rain fall; flood occurs and brings devastation to the houses‚ and to the people especially rainy seasons. As
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takes longer‚ but there are only 300 people in this village‚ so the lottery takes only two hours. Village children‚ who had just finished school for the summer‚ run around collecting stones. They put the stones in their pockets and make a pile in the square. Men gather next‚ followed by the women. Parents call their children over‚ and families stand together. Mr. Summers runs the lottery because he has a lot of time to do things for the village. He arrives in the square with the black box‚ followed
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Two of these‚ such as living conditions and eating‚ distinguishes what life was like for families who lived in rural villages in 1700 and for those living in cities in 1850. Clearly‚ in the short span of 150 years‚ what one might have seen as progression in a rural environment is completely different of what one experienced in an urban area. For families who lived in rural villages in 1700‚ the property they owned wasn’t much and the lives they lived were modest. People lived in small crowded houses
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When we are first introduced to Chief Matenje‚ he is referred to as the “troublesome and unpopular brother” of the “paramount chief named Sekoto” (Head 2008:18). Chief Sekoto appointed Chief Matenje as the subchief of Golema Mmidi‚ a small‚ rural village in Botswana. He is extremely disliked by the villagers because of his “overwhelming avariciousness and unpleasant personality” (Head 2008: 18). Chief Matenje’s unattractive and hard appearance is influenced by the angry‚ tortured and negative
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KHETRI COPPER COMPLEX IN RAJASTHAN… A SUCCESS STORY Background Information Khetri Copper Complex is in the Aravalli range of hills in Rajasthan. In 1967‚ Hindustan Copper Ltd‚ a central public sector enterprise‚ was entrusted with the teak of prospecting‚ mining‚ extraction and fabrication of metals and manufacture of primary products‚ alloys and by- products at the huge complex. Before this project came up in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan‚ there used to be only three small factories
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grandfather‚ Osman Dedic‚ was born on November 26‚ 1929 in a small village in Bosnia called Gorne Dubrave. During this time‚ Bonsia was an undeveloped nation affiliated with Yugoslavia. The village my grandfather lived in was an immense distance away from several major cities and airports. The town did not have a sewage system‚ and the cement streets were unfinished. Most houses in the village did not have electricity and phone lines. The village also lacked streetlights and a water supply system. Moreover
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Life in Village Better Than Life in City A village is clustered human settlement or community‚ larger than hamlet‚ but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas‚ the term urban village may be applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Village are normally permanent‚ with fixed dwellings‚ however‚ transient village can occur. Further‚ the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another‚ as against being scattered broadly over the landscape (dispersed settlement).
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living in villages. To Begin with‚ generally villages have healthy and pleasant weather‚ which makes people feel healthy and gives them a lot of energy. Also‚ the food of rural people is more natural and healthier. Living in a good condition lead to physical and mental health. In contrast‚ owing to various pollutions‚ which exist in cities‚ a vast number of urban people suffer from health problems such as heart disease or breathing problems. Moreover‚ the cost of living in villages is lower
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