Newsletter 15 - Our Community Education Center (school) PAGE 2
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| Many Visitors - So far this year we've already had many foreigners come to visit and volunteer to spend an afternoon or two at our school. Briony, Chris, Tony and Melitta were our very first official volunteers at the school. Peter from Eumundi spent a number of days out at the school doing craft activities with the children. Peter was also very good at "roping" in other travellers to come and help out. Another group from the Sunshine Coast (Peter, Athena, Brian, Theo, David, Karyn, Narelle, Colin, Tom and Robert) spent an afternoon playing games and putting on a puppet show at the school. They also donated a television, DVD player and generator so now we can play educational DVD's. So thanks to everyone who has come out and spent an afternoon volunteering at the school - you've no idea how much the kids appreciate and enjoy it. | ||||
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  School Bags -
There are
lovely group of ladies in Australia who are making school bags for our
children. The vast majority of children don't have any bag to
bring their books to school. Some have plastic bags and a lucky
few have real bags. We are giving the bags that the ladies make to
the students as rewards for working hard. Once a week the teacher
selects 20 students who have been trying their hardest and they are
presented with a new bag - they are all extremely proud when they get
chosen. Eventually, every child will get a
bag.
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School Vegetable Garden - At the school we have a vegetable garden and fruit trees which the children look after. The children have built a fence right around the school to keep cows out of the garden. They built the fence themselves with sticks that they bought from home. Peter taught them about using manure and hay to promote growth and again the children all bought "donations" from home.
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 A Final Word - I was showing some
visitors around the village recently (after an afternoon of fun and
games) and a small band of children were accompanying us. Three
little girls were fighting over who was going to hold my hands.
Suddenly, one of the little girls looked up at me and said (in
Cambodian) "the school is good" with a big grin on her face
while giving me the thumbs up. What better validation could you
ask for! |
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