Enhance 400 Cambodians' lives through Education

Salariin Kampuchea Learning Center was established in cooperation between Bookbridge and Salariin Kampuchea Organization for sustainable development in our community of Chreav, Siem Reap province. Our goal is to promote all counterparts and community to get involved in the community development. In order to achieve our goal and vision of our learning center, we call for the community members, students and education staff to participate in our projects and activities in the last three. Please see our positive impact which influenced by our learning center as follows.

Spelling Bee Contest

In October, our school organized and conducted A Spelling Bee Competition among our students who participated in English courses in the learning center. It is aimed to promote kids’ learning especially reading and memorizing words what they have learnt. All students are divided into two groups based on their levels and ages. A group Honey Bee is to spell 700 English words and a group Busy Bee is to spell 1,200 English words. Both groups of students consist 150 students participated and were given two months to prepare and practice in their classes as well as classroom elimination for a semi-final. 36 students passed the semi-final stage to join the final competition. Then eliminated students who passed the semi-final, they can jump to the final competition. Finally, we found six students won the competition among 36 students. Three students are from Honey Bee Competition and other three students are from Busy Bee Competition for first, second and third place. In addition, it is really competitive and challenging action to engage students’ learning and study hard because they do their best to come to the classes and to write and to memorize the words. It is initiative motivation and action to engage students to learn hard.

One of winners, Sokha, the first place for Busy Bee group expresses her feeling about her achievement. “My name is Sokha. I am studying English at Salariin Kampuchea learning center in pre-intermediate class. I am very exciting to my first-place winning. However, I want to tell you that it is not an easy job because there are many students who outstanding students in the competition but I do my best to practice spelling the words every day at school and at home. So, it is my secret of success”.

Celebration of Pchum Ben(Ancestor ceremony) and Graduation Party 

Every year, our school always celebrates Pchum Ben plus a graduation party with our students before they are on holiday for Pchum Ben-ancestor ceremony. We prepared and offered food and gave certificates to students who graduated successfully from their English, Chinese and Computer courses. Students who graduated successfully got a certificate from the course they had finished and students who had best attendance for the last three and passed the mid and final term test received certificates. There were over 100 certificates of graduation and appreciation letters offered to students. We are very proud of them.

Engagement with community for community road development

During the rainy season, roads in a community where our learning center located are broken and flooded and community people have difficulties to travel across the region. To solve this problem, our learning center lead this development. We talked to the neighbors and community peoples to join road fixing and development. Finally, everyone agreed to contribute the road development. In addition, we bought red soils and red soil stones to fix and put and add to lower surface and broken parts of the roads.

Furthermore, our students, teachers and community people are happy to help carry soils to fix the road. They are very active to engage these development activities. 

Rithy, one of community people who joined the road development activities   expresses his feeling about help of road fixing. “Hello my name is Rithy, I am appreciated and happy for the road development and fixing. I have difficulties to travel to markets, my kid’s school…etc. But after the roads fixed, now I can travel to the town, markets and the school easily. I am proud of this project development.

In the next three months, we are going to organize a Christmas day and the new year of 2023. We are going to a basic hygiene and toothbrushing project. We are going to buy some toys and playgrounds for kids to pay at the learning center.

We would like to thanks everyone who supported us through GlobalGiving with your hard-earning money. Width your help we hope to continue and build upon the success of our non-formal education program.

We wish every success, happiness and enjoy it with your family and friends!

Warmest regards, 

The Salariin Kampuchea Team

Links:

• See our update activities please go to our Facebook page

Since Salariin Kampuchea Learning Center was established for a sustainable program and framework in our community of Chreav supported by the Bookbridge organization, it was a – five-year birthday by April 2022.  In order to celebrate our successful mission in education with children in our community, our management team, teachers, and students organized and arranged a great birthday celebration. Please see our celebration activities with our team and how it comes to the progress of sustainable initiatives as follows.

A 5-Year Birthday Celebration

Together with our CAP9 alumni from Cambodia and Europe team, our students, teachers and management team, organized a five-year birthday celebration. To begin with, we made a birthday cake named Salariin Kampuchea Learning Center held by Ravy, our community hero together with our staff, students, teachers and CAP9 team and then we sang a birthday song together either directly or virtually.

We are very happy to celebrate this success among our stakeholders that we have done so far at our learning center. Everyone stated their own words and their feeling.

Finally, we ate the birthday cake together with staff, teachers and students at the celebration. Everyone had fun and enjoyed it.

Graduation and Khmer New Year Party

In order to congrate our students’ achievement, our school organized and conducted a certificate party in April 2022 for those who graduated successfully from their English, Chinese and Computer courses.

Students who graduated successfully got a certificate from the course they had finished. There were over 30 students who got certificates. They were very proud of themselves because they can do it even though it is covid-19 context.

Besides the celebration of graduation, every year our school together with students, we celebrate Khmer Tradition New Year party at our school. The aims are to review our tradition, and cultures. Our students played some Khmer traditional games for example, “Chorl Chhoung” (Throw the scarf), “Viay Ka Om” (hit the pot) …etc. The students enjoyed playing them very much with their friends and schoolmates. Furthermore, we celebrate it for a short vocation at our school. Before the term break, we celebrate it for all students. Our kids felt enthusiastic and joyful.

One of our students, Reaksmey expresses his feeling about graduation celebrations. “My name is Reaksmey. I am a student studying English at Salariin Kampuchea Organization. I feel very proud of my graduation from the English course. When I received my certificate of English, I am so excited. My parents are proud of me, too when I brought my certificate of English home”.

Another student named Sreypich, expresses her feeling about Khmer New Year Celebration. “My name is Sreypich, I have studied at Salariin Kampuchea for a year. I am very happy to participate in the Khmer New Year party. I live to play Khmer Traditional Games. It is a good opportunity to see my friends and play with them. We are here not just for studying but we can celebrate the party as well as we can eat something with schoolmates. Especially I can see the progress of my school. Finally, the school celebrates with a big cake the five-year birthday of Salariin Kampuchea learning center.

In the next three months, we are going to conduct a Spelling Bee Competition. We are going to celebrate the Pchum Ben ceremony and party with students. We are going to fix the community road and fixing school roof.

We would like to thanks everyone who supported us through GlobalGiving with your hard-earning money. Width your help we hope to continue and build upon the success of our non-formal education program.

We wish every success, happiness and enjoy it with your family and friends!

 Warmest regards, 

Ravy and The Salariin Kampuchea Team

Links:

• You can see updated activities and program more on our Facebook