Precisely 6 months after Tambasakan landed in the Kingdom of Brunei, her crew, Captain Lee Duncan and First Mate Scott Graham, set sail on a far shorter but equally important journey - this time to the island of Leyte where the Tambasakan Tales saga was culminating...
The US$10,000 raised through 'per-mile' sponsorship and the sale of Tambasakan has been used to build a dormitory for deaf students in the special education centre within Ormoc City High School, Leyte. The centre, which houses and schools deaf students from around the area, received a much needed dormitory extension so that students will no longer be crammed into small sleeping quarters.
Lee and Scott helped put some final touches to the dorm before the official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on 19th August 2009. During the ceremony they gave a rough account of their journey before the 51 deaf students at the centre who warmly thanked them for their contribution with cards and certificates of appreciation.
But Lee and Scott pointed out that they were just the instruments through which so many other generous people were able to contribute to the deaf community.
We would like to pass on our thanks to all the kind people that sponsored the Tambasakan voyage from Bohol, Philippines to Brunei, and who made the student dormitory possible. You can rest assured that your contributions have been used wisely and will make a big difference to lives of deaf children now and in the future.
THANK YOU!
For more information about the special education centre or work with the deaf in general, please contact the International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) (www.ideadeaf.org)
