July 29th/30th: first baking class by SYB teachers in BWB baking school for the blind

BWB students and employees attended two classes: a pastry class by Xiao Jinjin and a baking class by Zhang Zhenghai. The SYB students taught the BWB students one-on-one, which was a great way for them to bond. Although most of the students couldn’t speak Mandarin, Basang Lamu and Tse Drolkar,the two girls from BWB that joined SYB this year, acted as translators.

“Even though they had never really baked before, I was amazed by how well the BWB students did.” Wang Li, one of SYB trainers, said.

The SYB trainers adjusted their recipes to local taste, by reducing sugar and using Tibetan butter to replace butter for instance. Of course two days of bakery training are not enough, so Basang Lamu and Tse Drolkar will stay in Shigatse so that they can used what they have learned during their training at SYB to run BWB bakery school for the blind.

Watch SYB graduate Liu Zhenzhen teaching blind BWB staff how to knead on this video.

SYB&BWB 盲人烘焙课

2012年7月29日与30日，SYB的老师在日喀则盲人技能培训学校教授了两堂烘焙课——肖金金老师的西式甜点课程和张政海老师的法式面包课程。参加课程的是BWB的员工和有一定视力的学员，为了保证教学的质量，我们的课程采取一对一的方式，每个SYB的学员辅导一个BWB的学员，大部分的BWB学员不能说汉语，但是在拉姆和次卓嘎的翻译下，我们的学员和他们都能沟通顺畅。“他们虽然视力有障碍，但是确实做得很好，这出乎了我们的意料！”王莉老师这样说到。

根据当地的情况，SYB的老师也进行了相应的调整，比如减少了糖分，尝试用酥油来代替黄油等。 一堂课的时间毕竟是很短的，在SYB培训了一段时间的BWB成员巴桑拉姆和次卓嘎将在以后的日子里维持日喀则盲人面包房的运营和教学。为了更多的帮助她们，SYB的老师王莉和学员王会萍在日喀则多待了三天，为她们安排了更多的教学课程。谢谢BWB对我们的热情款待，也谢谢此行所有SYB的学员和老师！