Deployed Airmen teach English to Kyrgyzstan kids [Image 3 of 5]

MANAS AIR BASE, KYRGYZSTAN

03.17.2006

Photo by Lance Cheung 

United States Air Forces Central       

Airman 1st Class Chiquita Ferdinand used common objects to tutor students in English at Lyceum vocational school, Kyrgyz Republic. The in-residence vocational school is home for more than 200 local boys and girls, ages 14-18. Here, they are taught the basics in high demand skills for the Bishkek region. The training in tailoring, mechanics, agriculture and services allow the children, who in most cases were abandoned, orphaned or simply poor; a better opportunity to gain employment in the local economy. Manas Air Base Outreach Society is a non-profit organization established at Manas Air Base in December 2003. Lyceum is one of its several focus groups that have donated more than 17,000 man-hours, $65,000 and 40,000 pounds of donations to heart operations, heating fuel, construction projects, elderly stipends, trips, and daily administration costs. Airman 1st Class Ferdinand, a Valdosta, GA native is deployed to the 376th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, Manas Air Base, Kyrgyz Republic, from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, MO. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

• Date Taken: 03.17.2006
• Date Posted: 04.11.2006 13:23
• Photo ID: 18066
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 4.14 MB
• Location: MANAS AIR BASE, KG