June 2010 Newsletter: Pangaea ring - Ms. Norazila Abd Aziz
I introduce Prof. Norazila Abd Aziz at University Malaysia Sarawak.
She participates in the activity held at University Malaysia Sarawak as
the researcher.
Kapah tiko' Pangaeans! That's 'How are you, Pangaeans!' in Kelabit,
the language spoken by the Kelabit people at the Bario Highlands, Sarawak.
My name is Norazila Abd Aziz and I am a member of COERI(Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics)'s Education Team, which have been given this wonderful opportunity to oversee the running of the Pangaea program in Sarawak.
Other members of this team are Fitri Suraya Mohamad (Head Coordinator for Pangaea Sarawak) and Soubakeavathi Rethinasamy (Head of the COERI's Education team). This year our Pangaean family has increased in number. We now have 30 school children and 34 facilitators at our Pangaea @ UNIMAS site and 20 school children and 20 facilitators at our Pangaea @ Bario site. We are proud to announce that our Bario site is the first remote location running this program. Bringing Pangaea to a remote site like Bario was indeed an excellent move as it provides the kids here with the invaluable opportunity to learn about the lives of children from different parts of the world.
To date, we have successfully run three Pangaea activity days at UNIMAS, one of them was the Webcam activity on the 6th of February with Mie University in Japan, and two activity days at Bario. The Webcam activity for our Bario kids is coming up in June and everyone is very excited about the event. I can't wait to see the reactions of the Bario kids when they take part in the exciting activities lined up for them that day.
Last April the COERI's Education team had the pleasure of visiting the NPO Pangaea Headquarter at the Cocon Karasuma Building in Kyoto. One of our most resourceful Pangaea facilitators, Jennifer Wilfred, and our key technical support member, Adam Francis, were also part of the entourage. Although the weather was a bit chilly when we arrived, the atmosphere at the NPO Pangaea Headquarters was electrifying! A BIG thanks to Yum-san, Toshi-san, Take-san and Kimberly-san for making the visit memorable.
Domo Arigato Gozaimasu! (means 'Thank you!' in Japanese)
Norazila Abd Aziz
Research Fellow
Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
the language spoken by the Kelabit people at the Bario Highlands, Sarawak.
My name is Norazila Abd Aziz and I am a member of COERI(Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics)'s Education Team, which have been given this wonderful opportunity to oversee the running of the Pangaea program in Sarawak.
Other members of this team are Fitri Suraya Mohamad (Head Coordinator for Pangaea Sarawak) and Soubakeavathi Rethinasamy (Head of the COERI's Education team). This year our Pangaean family has increased in number. We now have 30 school children and 34 facilitators at our Pangaea @ UNIMAS site and 20 school children and 20 facilitators at our Pangaea @ Bario site. We are proud to announce that our Bario site is the first remote location running this program. Bringing Pangaea to a remote site like Bario was indeed an excellent move as it provides the kids here with the invaluable opportunity to learn about the lives of children from different parts of the world.
To date, we have successfully run three Pangaea activity days at UNIMAS, one of them was the Webcam activity on the 6th of February with Mie University in Japan, and two activity days at Bario. The Webcam activity for our Bario kids is coming up in June and everyone is very excited about the event. I can't wait to see the reactions of the Bario kids when they take part in the exciting activities lined up for them that day.
Last April the COERI's Education team had the pleasure of visiting the NPO Pangaea Headquarter at the Cocon Karasuma Building in Kyoto. One of our most resourceful Pangaea facilitators, Jennifer Wilfred, and our key technical support member, Adam Francis, were also part of the entourage. Although the weather was a bit chilly when we arrived, the atmosphere at the NPO Pangaea Headquarters was electrifying! A BIG thanks to Yum-san, Toshi-san, Take-san and Kimberly-san for making the visit memorable.
Domo Arigato Gozaimasu! (means 'Thank you!' in Japanese)
Norazila Abd Aziz
Research Fellow
Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics,
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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