Being a Kid Is Their Job

We would like to thank you for your generous support of our school in Cambodia.  

Because of your generosity,  we are providing 120 needy families with monthly or bi-monthly food donations.  We are also looking for ways to help them sustain themselves.  With your assistance our Lunch Club continues to  provide a hot meal daily to our 170 students and we continue to run 14 classrooms.  

We started a new program in which our parents volunteer for two hours per week at ABCs and Rice.  Their assistance is invaluable and our parents are even more committed to their children's education. 

Students, family and staff alike were happy to welcome our favorite composer and returning volunteer, Mr Dermott Tutty.  He  planned, practiced, and produced a show for our students to perform. Parents, volunteers, and village elders were thrilled to be invited.

Your donations continue to improve our students' lives.  Our former graduates include students in: medicine(2 in their 7th and 8th year), Information Technology, Law, design tech, English teaching (2), accounting, culinary school, and  Hotel Services.   We also have a graduate in agricultural engineering who works in their chosen field. 

Our students' accomplishments in education and their improved health could not be possible without YOU!  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

We wanted to give you, our generous donor, an update.  

As you can imagine the pandemic hit us very hard.  Like the other schools here, we lost a majority of our senior students.  Many of them were sent off to work in Cambodia or even in Thailand.  Some of our young women were married off early for the dowry.  During the pandemic we had to close down our Breakfast and Lunch club in order to provide mass weekly food support to the community.  We were forced to sell our school bus to help fund our school and staff.  

Thanks to you we have been able to take on more young learners.  We have 14 classes of students. Seven classes attend in the morning and seven attend in the afternoon.  We are able to feed and educate 170 students currently.  We intend on increasing our enrollment this month.  Because other NGO’s have closed their doors, we will prioritize their former students.  

Because of your generosity we continue to support the community with monthly or bi-monthly food distribution to 120 families.  We are helping these families find ways to sustain themselves.  Our Lunch club is providing a hot meal for our students.  We will restart the Breakfast Club as soon as we can afford to.  

We are happy to announce our new parent volunteer program.  Parents are now required to volunteer for two hours per week at ABCS and Rice.  Their involvement has increased their commitment to their children’s education here.  This program has been a very positive change.  

Your generosity continues to help us feed and educate our students.  There is so much more good news but you will have to stay tuned until our next newsletter!

Thank you for your donations and have a great day!