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NEW LIVES stands for new ways of Learning, International Volunteers and ongoing Educational Support. The project depends on our minibus which is vital for school trips and collecting children from outlying villages to take them to the TVS Resource Centre for regular IT, library and English lesson.

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    Situation

    The Tyume Valley is a deprived rural area where education is the key to escaping from poverty. Most schools do not have IT facilities or libraries and many children are held back by being taught English by unqualified teachers and are unable to access the language of text books or to express themselves in English to examination standards.TVS provides centralised educational facilities at its Resource Centre but there is no public transport and schools do not have their own.

    Solution

    Funding will be used to improve the facilities at the Resource Centre and to buy a new minibus. Computers will be upgraded and new books and software will be purchased. The current twelve-seater bus is coming to the end of its life. It is unreliable, expe

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  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
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