Being a Kid Is Their Job

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!

Greetings from ABCS and Rice!

We wanted to express our continued gratitude to you, our donors!

As you probably know, during the height of the pandemic our classes were closed to our students.  Because of your generosity, we were able to provide them with school supplies, homework assignments and treats.  We also continued to distribute food and personal protective supplies such as masks.  

Your donations helped us to provide clean water to more families than ever before. We were also able to distribute much needed  bicycles, bore wells, and assist those in need of hospital stays.  We also helped cover funeral costs within our community as well.  

Because of you, our former graduates and current scholarship students are all still hard at work in their prospective universities despite the shutdowns over the past few years.  

With your help, our food distribution continues and our 14 daytime classes are running.  Government schools have reopened and with Khmer tutoring our students are catching up. Our kitchen is open for lunch five days a week, and we hope to reinstate breakfast in the coming months. While the farm has closed, our new garden is productive thanks to parent volunteers under the coaching of our very own Ellen Healy A.K.A "Cha Harley."

We could not accomplish all of this without your help.  Our staff, students and families thank you from the bottom of their hearts.!