In Reply to: Material gifts for schools? posted by Wharfie on Friday, 1. February 2008 at 14:55 Bali Time:
- short of resources of any kind, how about a subscription to your local National Geographic magazine, delivered to the school at no extra cost. About $60 here in Oz. Then, if you can manage it, a similar subscription to the Indo language version which usually carries the same stories. Provides an eye-opener to the wider world with wonderful pictures for the younger one, and a real life dictionary and language tutor too. Seems to be appreciated by kidz and adults too in my experience.
If this does not warm the cockles of your heart then try the link below for a number of suggestions.
Remember the teachers too, brightly coloured chalks (not the wishy-washy Xmas ones but real glowing colours) and a good chalkboard eraser, old school wall maps (or check the top floor of Super Nova for large paper maps of Bali, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand even and the world). Very cheap. What about a set of stamps and a stamp pad with spare ink bottle for 'Good Work', elephants, tigers etc, to put on student's work?
Thanks for caring.