Entries Tagged ‘Tinangol’:
filed in Borneo on Jul.12, 2011
Hello from Borneo! The latest news of the Summer Leap team here in Sabah is all good! The volunteers had a great time in Batu Puteh and the new work there, moving on from tree planting to forest management which seems to be going down very well. They’ve finished that project now and have moved [...]
Tags: Borneo, community work, forest management, kindergarten, Reforestation, South East Asis, Summer Gap, Tinangol, Volunteer
filed in Borneo on Apr.21, 2010
Hello again, I Just got back from Tinangol and witnessed an emotional farewell between the Leapers and staff/community. They have all grown really attached to them for the last 3 weeks and saying goodbye seems the hardest thing to do. A lot was achieved, experienced and shared the last few weeks in the Tinangol community [...]
Tags: Badminton, football, Machetes, Sports day, Sprts, Tinangol
filed in Borneo on Jul.21, 2009
The team are storming ahead with their bio-gas collector project at Tinangol. The construction of Bio Gas Collectors will pipe the decaying gases off human and animal waste (yum!) into kitchens for cooking or lighting purposes. It will have a massive impact on the Rainforest environment that surrounds the viallage, which was previously being destroyed [...]
Tags: Bio Gas Collector, Borneo, Building, community projects, Tinangol, Volunteer