ACCURO 2024 Q3 UPDATE

INTRODUCTION

The past quarter has once again been very busy. All projects remain on track and running very well in spite of quite harsh monsoons.

I will be in Asia from December for 3 or 4 months where I will further document the projects, check in on past projects and research and run due diligence on potential future projects for Accuro.

In January 2025 I will produce a 2024 annual round up of both projects past and present for the Accuro team.

BRAVEHEARTS SENSORY LEANING CENTRE PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA

Our brand new sensory garden is complete!

The children and carers could not be happier and the kids absolutely love playing and exploring.

We are still cleaning the odd bit up and we have planted grass seed and flowers that will take about 8 weeks to grow. Once this is complete we will have some official press photos taken but for now some photos from the team on the ground.

A lovely project that will quite literally change for decades to come the lives of thousands of young children who have been through so much.

GIRLS’ LEARNING CENTRE / SAFE HOUSE

The construction of our centre continues as does the press and excitement around the project. The girls are so excited and are desperate to see it completed.

National politicians are always visiting and paying close attention to our work and continue to offer logistical and legal/bureaucratic support.

We are still actively fundraising with a big push coming before Christmas, we have amassed a great team who are going to help us with this by inviting us on to podcasts etc, so we remain confident in hitting our goal and completing the project early in the new year.

We have been in the national media a lot which will work in our favour and we have many organisations willing to offer their service at the centre once complete.

GIRLS’ EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

Our Girls’ Empowerment Program continues to go from strength to strength.

The girls have all put together very professorial personal introductions discussing themselves and the program.

I think it will be great for you all to see in due course. We are currently uploading them all however here is one example chosen at random.

We have also produced a beautiful book documenting the girls as they have progressed through the program, it’s called The Journey Of Change and the girls are immensely proud of it.

The book has been printed in Nepal and I will get a copy to the Accuro offices early in the New year.

An example of one of the girls stories is here:

The team has also just completed a review of the 2nd three year phase of the program it can be downloaded here

NUTRITION PROGRAM

The nutrition program rolls on and is reaching more people every day with a particular push on the health of young mums as well as the standard midday meal programs, monitoring and of course the gardens providing fresh produce for the schools.

Below is an example of a monthly report from the ground, there is always so much going on. Due to the great success of the program we very much hope we are able to kick off the next 2 year cycle in April should Accuro agree to this.

The new phase will be in Nawalpur, quite close to our Girls’ Leaning Centre, it will be the same budget of EUR 105,000 for the 2 year cycle. It will work with roughly the same amount of people and feed approximately 2000 children a midday meal every school day. The midday meals in our current location will also continue.

The program has been such a wonderful success, it’s very special to see the community growing produce and nourishing their children in ways that where not possible or just not common practice before the program’s inception.

TAK (Parahitathoo)

We have broken ground on our school in Tak, we will have the steal superstructure up within about 8 weeks then we will begin to utilise the materials provided by the Paris Olympic Committee.

One might think 'why send timber to Thailand when they have their own trees,' but in fact sustainable forestry is very rare in South East Asia and the timber industry is one of the biggest causes of deforestation in the region.

Twin that with the fact that much of the lower grade timber sold is untreated for external conditions means that it degrades very quickly. Utilising and up-cycling sustainably forested timber from the Olympics allows us to create low impact screens and walls in our mobile classroom projects.

The tensile fabric we plan to use is typically shredded and recycled, a process that is carbon-intensive. However, by repurposing it for roofing materials, we can reduce this impact. These materials have been shown to outperform common zinc roofing, providing better thermal comfort and reducing rainwater runoff inside, which minimises disruption to classrooms.

WITH MANY THANKS AS ALWAYS