Life at the Pwo Hostel
The Mae Sariang Pwo hostel kids in 1985 The goal for life in the hostel was to replicate the home and village lifestyle to which the students were already accustomed. Of course, being in town with electricity, having schools to attend, and living together with numerous kids with supervision other than parents created definite differences. Dr. Joyce Cong from the Christian Hosptital making a house call at the hostel. Another goal was to promote parental involvement as much as possible. So parents were required to provide rice to contribute to the hostel food supply as well as a financial contribution. Especially for parents in the remote villages, cash was hard to come by so the contribution was limited but important. Labor from parents was also integrated as much as possible in the building projects, especially early on. The hope was to instill a feeling of ownership in the hostel and in the education of their children. For the kids, life was pretty regimented. The day would ...
h%20Loh%20Tha.jpg)
