KOTO’s class 15 recently finished their formal training, and now are onto the work experience component of their training. To celebrate, and after much pestering on their part, Brendon invited them around for lunch at our place on Sunday. Knowing the Vietnamese penchant for an early lunch we were expecting the guests to sooner rather [...]
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lunch with Class 15
Posted in Food and drink, KOTO on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
KOTO Graduation Ceremony 2010
Posted in KOTO, Volunteering on May 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
KOTO held a Graduation Ceremony on Sunday for Class 13 and 14, to mark the end of their two year course. It was a huge event, complete with singing, dancing, Vietnamese celebrities and the Australian Ambassador (who presented the Ambassador’s Award which was a scholarship to a cordon bleu school in Australia). Geraldine Cox from [...]
KOTO’s Winter Appeal
Posted in KOTO, Volunteering on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every year all the KOTO staff and trainees participate in a Winter Appeal, and this year it involved collecting and distributing a whole lot of winter supplies such as blankets to a very poor village, not too far from Hanoi. Brendon and all the other staff and trainees met out at KOTO at 4.30am for the five hour bus trip to [...]
KOTO Ba Vi Bikeride
Posted in Culture, KOTO, Water and sanitation on December 3, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Last weekend Brendon and I completed all 80kms of the 2009 KOTO Ba Vi Bike Ride! About 150 participants met out at the grounds of the UN International School at 7am on a very chilly morning to register, get our bikes and have some coffee and breakfast. Brendon and I and six other Australian volunteers made [...]
News from KOTO
Posted in Food and drink, KOTO, tagged KOTO, Volunteering on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Brendon has been working very hard recently, with a new class starting at KOTO and an old class graduating. For the month of November he’ll be teaching mornings and afternoons to accommodate incoming and outgoing classes. He’s doing a great job at KOTO and is much appreciated, and of course the trainees really enjoy his [...]
