By Catherine Louise Geach | Founder
Dear friends and supporters of our school,
I would like to thank you all for your kind support and especially to those who so generously donate to our school every month!
In this report I would like to bring your attention to our education project for our resident blind children. As you might know, blind children do not receive any support whatsoever from the state. The majority of Cambodia's population lives in rural areas, where there are no NGOs assisting the blind and where there is absolutely no access to to state education because there are no Braille teachers. There are actually very few NGOs assisting blind children in Cambodia and our school is currently the one one in Kampot and the whole of Southwestern Cambodia.
Many children who are blind are considered a blight to their families and to society and so they are rejected and marginalised, insulted and sometimes abused and forced into begging.
We provide them with accomodation at our school, accompany them to their state school lessons, pay for their Braille teacher and provide vocational and therapeutic training in traditional Cambodian music - Pin Peat, Mohori and Yike. They also study English language and computer skills in the Khmer language.
We are now running a micro-project on Global Giving to specifically sponsor their Braille teacher at a cost of $1500 per academic year. We have only 30 days left to raise these funds and so far we have raised $150. If you would like to be a part of supporting our blind children's scholastic education program, please join us on the Global Giving micro-project "Help our blind children get an Education, Cambodia". Project number 27416. You can also find the direct link on our Facebook page.
Thank you all for your kind attention and valuable support!
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