By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer
You are receiving this update on our Jobs for Cambodian Youth Program because of your current or past support of our efforts.
Jobs for Cambodian Youth, is a part of an ongoing effort to provide safe employent to disadvantaged young people, specifically, students in our arts programs and also to provide an ongoing job track to these students to provide job skills and access to mentoring, and by doing so, work toward a better future.
All of our youthful workers come from highly disadvantaged backgrounds and in addition to the advantages of being in a professional work environment, these students also earn modest amounts of money to help with either personal expenses or to provide needed extra income to supplement extremely poor family budgets.
We currently have 14 young people in our Jobs for Youth Program:
Four full time workers
1 Bookkeeper/ and whose excellent english skills allow for presentations to tourists in English
2 Greeters - again excellent english skills allow them to great guests, explain performances and other tasks
1 Music teacher- teaching traditional combodian instruments and music to students
Part time workers
2 Reception staff and greeters who also help to enroll new students
8 Dance assistants- these are typically students age 14- 18 who attend classes at Champey and whose skill level allows them to assist other studednts and participate in public performances . There are currently 4 boys and 4 girls who each earn from $25 to $ 60 per month. The most modestly paid students are those who will attend classes daily and whom we engage to do small tasks as a way to encourage them to continue in their study. These small incomes, even just $ 25 per month can allow the students to continue instead of being told by their parents to stop their studies and to take a part time job for similar pay in the market other menial tasks.
Several of our youthful workers also board at the school because of economic hardship.
Your donations make it possible for us to continue to provide a free community based program to local economically disadvantaged youth with classes in the arts including painting, drawing , music and dance, providing instruction, mentoring and potential for career development.
Barbara & Mark Rosasco
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