 Schoolhouse funded by STT
The full-time teacher sponsored by the STT initially taught more than 70 regular pupils through daily classes, today that amount is nearly double.

Teacher sponsored by the Tiger Trust

Students and teacher at work in the classroom
 Students learning to read
Tiger Protection Unit staff also serve as temporary teachers when residing in the village. The teaching and health facility (built with traditional materials through a cooperative effort between villagers and Program staff) also serves as a deep forest camp for the Tiger Protection Units when on patrol.

The Second School at Sadan Orchard Begining
A report from Yunus Mohammad of The Sumatran Tiger Trust
Student, teacher and STTCP staff on The front of second school
Beside Patrol and monitoring of tiger, the team of Sumatran tiger trust conservation program have other activity such as community development. One of the activity for the community is education program for native people who live in the park. Since 2004, funded by Sumatran Tiger Trust, we start to make education for people in Datai orchard and now this school continued by government.

Field post and all at once teacher house beside the school funded by STT
In this year, we start to make education in other location is Sadan orchard. We prepare since three month ago, collaboration and work together with local people to set up the school. The land is give by Mr. Kijang, this land before his rubber plantation, and wide the land about 0,5 are. The other people help for make the build, and the head of village give 20 sheet of roof, The park give the bag for student. All of this is mean the local people really need the education, and we in the Sumatran Tiger Trust Conservation Program only help as long as we can.
Gate of education land
For the first time we have 58 student, 6-17 years old from around the school. Some student must be walk about 2 hours go to school.

Student still watch teacher
The school was start at 14 mei 2007, opening by head of village. Although the school funded by STT, but we still have good coordination with local education institution, district and national park.
Beside the school, we prepare to make plantation of medicine plant, we will collect the plant which the local people often use for medicine in this location.

STTCP staff still teach the student

Head of village when open the school

Meeting with parents of student for make schedule of school.
Click HERE to read a letter from one of the children of Datai
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