Give Phnong Children the Gift of Education

The Phnong Education Initiative just wrapped up its third year this past December, and we are delighted to report that in this short period of time, the program has already graduated 20 Phnong scholars from the Provincial Teacher Training College. All of these promising young educators are now back in Mondulkiri’s...

During the past quarter, we are pleased to share that not a single PEI scholar dropped out of school, demonstrating the growing commitment to education in Mondulkiri’s Phnong communities—even in the face of extreme poverty. In late September, four of our teacher trainees graduated from the Provincial Teachers...

We are pleased to report that at the close of the 2011-2012 academic year, all 31 girls receiving scholarships through the Phnong Education Initiative passed their exams and were promoted to the next grade level! Five of the girls even placed on the top ten of their classes (which have as many as 80 students), and overall...

We are humbled yet again by the tremendous energy and compassion our wonderful supporters brought to our first major campaign of 2012.  Our goal was an ambitious one: we needed to raise at least $7,000 in a 24-hour period in order to get the most out of two generous donor matches: 100% from a private donor and an...