By Jenny Byrne | Fundraising & Communications Officer
Happy New Year!
It’s a joy for us to be able to start the new year with great news: schools are open and the sports program is back up and running again!
Back to Normal
Having vaccinated nearly 80% of the population, the Cambodian government finally deemed it safe to open schools again in December. That meant that our Helping Hands School could open its doors and, with it, our sports program! Having spent most of October and November on the reduced schedule of hour-long, small-group PE classes once a week, everyone is ecstatic to be back to daily classes with all their friends again. The children were a bit out of shape at first (not the coaches though, after the additional work they’ve been doing on their personal fitness during the downtime!), but they quickly got up to speed and the exhausted smiles have returned.
New Lesson Plans
While the sports program was operating on a reduced schedule, the coaches continued meeting several times a week to work out, share ideas, plan lessons and talk about curriculum expansion. They have already been working some of the new exercises and drills into the sessions and so far, the reviews have included lots of laughs and perspiration!
Onwards and Upwards
With a full sports schedule operating at Helping Hands, we are able to continue to promote healthy lifestyles and provide fun sports activities every day. As state school schedules get back to normal, we will restart communications with them and hope to have our PE outreach program back in full swing by February. We are also working on restarting our Goals for Girls program with female students from Helping Hands and, as we re-establish contact with local schools, we will start inviting participation by young women from nearby high schools as well.
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