Project GROWTH Cambodia

Jericho, Tara, Lee and I are heading to Cambodia in March to teach English to two hundred beautiful but sadly impoverished children and young adults.

Many of the village’s children have lost one or both of their parents and illness is very prevalent in the community; namely malnutrition, HIV, typhoid and tuberculosis. Rice water and salt supplemented by the collection of frogs and red ants is the staple diet for many. Mothers are often unable to produce milk for their babies and are therefore forced to feed them water produced by boiled rice.

These children do not have a lot but they attend Poeuy’s free local school to enhance their quality of life through education, namely by learning English and Chinese. Poeuy’s Kindergarten is a place of community spirit, where hundreds of beautiful, smiling souls come together with English speaking volunteers every day to live, learn and share in the pursuit of education and happiness.

Sadly breaking a cycle of poverty like this is not an easy task but education is a powerful tool in paving the way out, one step at a time! Cambodia is a country largely dependent on tourism and for a career within the tourism industry, English and Chinese is essential. A high-quality education enables children and young adults to develop essential reading, writing and speaking skills needed to make positive changes in their lives and break free from poverty.