By Catherine Louise Geach | Founder
Dear Kind Donors,
How grateful we are to you all, who in your kindness and constancy have helped us keep our School running and take care of so many Children who have urgent need.
It is very hard to imagine when one sees our Children running and playing, Dancing and rendering Music, laughing and happy, that they had suffered so much. For me, our School is a Miracle. I know too that our world needs many Miracles everywhere.
My dear colleague, Loak Kru Sothy, who is now director of our School, told me on Sunday that when he attended the Provincial meeting with various officials and organizations, he spoke up clearly to all of them about the fact that our School will take in those Children whom noone else wants and none other organization wants. He said, "There are some Children who would have died had they not come to our School."
Earlier this month, I was "interrogated" albiet wtith kind-intent, as to why we had a funding gap and whether it were possible to send our Children somewhere else. I replied, "Over my dead body. - Our School is all they have. It is their Home." "Would you sell your Violin?" I was asked, "Yes" I replied, even though my Violin is my Heart-beat.
It can be hard for some people sometimes to look on Orphaned Children as their own Children, and Love them to the depths. To understand how my dear Colleagues and I Love them and that they cannot be shunted here and there without incurring trauma, because they have already gone through so much.
Thankfully, for this month funding was generously granted and I thank the individual so much for their faith in us.
Our Traditional Cambodian Music and Dance, ancient Yike and Shadow Puppet Program is going well and now our Children are preparing to perform for the official ceremony of the SEA Games (Southeast Asia's version of the Olympics). We Thank Her Excellency the Minister of Culture who is so supportive of our School. Last year our Blind Students, who have formed their fledgling professional Traditional Music Ensemble, released their first Album of Mohori Music.
Additionally two of our oldest, sighted Students, recently passed their highschool diploma (level 1). Both have passed through unimaginable horrors in their early lives and so their efforts and successes have special significance. Afterwards we had a little ceremony with nice cake for them.
I would like everyone to:-
Please join us if you can and support us on December 3rd 2024 for #GivingTuesday from midnight to 11.59pm EDT
GlobalGiving will be providing incentive funds for each unique donation. This is an enormous help for our School. #GivingTuesday is our most important date in the year to invite everyone to Support our School. WIth funds raised, we can provide all our Children with nourishing meals, clothing, medical care, school books, electricity, water, complete Care and Tuition in Traditional Cambodian Music and Performing Arts. It allows us to open our doors to all those Children who truly need help.
If you can, please invite family, friends and work-aquaintenances and, if you would like to do a little event of your own to raise funds, please do!
WIth Our Profound Thanks.
# For his privacy, I have not written Loak Kru Sothy's full name. (Loak Kru means "Master" or "Teacher" in Cambodian language).
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