Dear friends and supporters, It is probably no understatement to say that 2020 is quite a difficult year. But we do not want to discuss the pandemic and its consequences for Cambodia again at this point. We have already done this elsewhere. But we do, once again want to point out how delighted we are […]
Dear friends and supporters, As we already reported in our separate newsletter about COVID-19 in Cambodia, two weeks ago, all schools and universities were closed for the duration of at least one month. Similar to Europe, most families therefore stay at home and away from mass gatherings. The latter have not been categorically cancelled yet. […]
In January there was once again a mixed delegation from Germany and England visiting us. A more detailed description of the visit and the different events during this time can be found in our newsletter 03/2019. It can be found HERE. Because you can’t put a lot of pictures in such a newsletter, we created […]
What to do with children who permanently disturb the lessons or who litter in the classroom? In Cambodia, unfortunately, corporal punishment is still applied too often in such cases. This is shown by a UNICEF report on violence against children in Cambodia from 2014: “Teachers are also frequent perpetrators of childhood physical violence. Females and […]
Thanks to the RTL Foundation we were able to purchase new uniforms for the most needy of the children at our English School in January. In public schools, such uniforms are compulsory. Since families have to bear the cost of buying the clothes themselves, the uniforms of children from poorer backgrounds are often worn out […]
Some of you might remember, that we had initiated trainings on dental hygiene at our English school some time ago. In order to establish a routine, we did refresher courses with our youngest kids on last Monday. Thanks to the generous denotations by „Roomchang Dental Hospital – NagaWorld Phnom Penh – Hans-Günther Lechner – Marburger […]
Another year has passed since our last graduation day and like the ones before, it was a great party even though we had some sudden rain showers this time. There were happy faces everywhere because of good certificates, a traditional Cambodian dance, a lucky draw, many dance and song performances, games for the younger ones […]
Today we started our second project week at the English school. Last year the children had the chance to learn about garbage and environmental issues. I think you might still remember it 😉 This year the theme is “Around the World” which offers plenty of space for creativity. We start with some presentations about all the […]
