BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261012T065507Z - 91427@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20151104T080000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20151104T080000 CREATED:20261012T065507Z DESCRIPTION:FWA Charity Sub Committee volunteering trip to Chiang Rai\, Thailand\nDear Members\, During 201 3/2014 FWA Singapore’s chosen charitable organization was Pistorio Found ation. Thanks to your generous contribution we have raised funds to help c hildren in Thailand. Pistorio’s motto: “On the way to school\, on the way to life” shares their emphasis on education for communities to be su stainable. There are so many children who suffer from lack of opportunitie s to attend schooling due to family circumstances amongst which is financi al constraints. Educating these children will equip them with basic litera cy and create a better future for them. Two of our exco members went to Ch iang Rai in Thailand to visit schools the Pistorio Foundation are supporti ng. They spent five days teaching three age groups: primary\, secondary an d professional school students. Additionally\, thanks to FWA’s collabora tion with Junior Achievement (JA) in 2014/2015 the volunteers were given t eaching materials which are used in JA programs. It was a great contributi on and the children really appreciated it. Below are some of their sharing of their experience. Low Chin Loo\, Immediate Past President\, current ex co member and events chair: “I had been wanting to visit Pistorio Founda tion's village project in Chiang Rai since FWA selected them as our charit y beneficiary in 2013. The trip reinforced my belief of the good work that Pistorio Foundation does\, for the community in need. The combination of sincerity\, perseverance and comprehension of local issues\, I hope\, will continue to draw donors to support this credible charity. I loved meeting the children\, the teachers\, the Pistorio Foundation volunteers and work ers. Chiang Rai and Doi Chang were beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed the tea ching experience and would definitely do it again. To my fellow volunteers on the trip - you were fab!” Beata Piechura\, exco member and charity c o-chair: “All the schools we visited are ran [...] DTSTAMP:20261012T065507Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:FWA Charity Sub Committee volunteering trip to Chiang Rai\, Thailan d END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR