Enhance 400 Cambodians' lives through Education

We enhance the quality of education is Salariin Kampuchea’s mission through different educational programs and engagement with students and people in the community to develop their commune for environmental awareness. To achieve the quality education and environment program, we integrate variety activities in our program. Please see what we have done for the last three months for the social impact.

Basic hygiene   

In the last three months, our teachers conducted basic hygiene lesson integrated in education program at our school to young children. They learnt about hand washing and how to keep hands cleaned. All children at our school had chance to learn the theory and practical after the session. As the result, they realized to wash their before eating and after leaving the water closet. This makes them avoiding from illness /sickness and keep healthy.

Rubbish awareness workshop

To improve rubbish awareness and keep the rubbish to the right bins, our school and teachers integrated the rubbish lessons in the regular workshop before the class. In addition, the over 200 existing students at our school participated in the workshop. As the result, all students realize and understand better about how to throw the rubbish the right bins (separate and classify rubbish to different bins).

Plastic Reduction and Environmental Awareness Campaign

In the last three months, our school arranged environmental Awareness Campaign led by our pupils in the community of Chreav where we work nearby. Furthermore, our kids gave ideas and wrote statements for the campaign and then they walked across the villages from one to another in Chreav commune.

In addition, students walked with holding their statements and some of them announced their statements and messages to the public to keep the environment clean and reduce the amount of plastic use as much as possible. As the result, the community member joined us and they encouraged and inspired our team to continue to do this campaign in the regular base.

Finally, our students are very happy and joyful with their activities and campaign. They also shared their interest, view and experience about the plastic reduction campaign. They wanted the community follow them.

One student, Vireak expresses his feeling and interest about participating in plastic reduction campaign. “My name is Vireak. I am very happy to join the campaign. Why I participated in plastic reduction campaign because I want to show to the public and the community and especially the good environment could start from us”.

Another student, Chantra expresses her interest about participating in plastic reduction campaign.” We are together decrease of plastic bag use from now onward so we can keep our community clean”.

Another student, Darith expresses his interest and experience about participating in plastic reduction campaign.”I want community people understand and be aware of environment and reduce plastic bag use in my community”.

In the next three months, we conduct a parent meeting; continue environmental workshop and basic hygiene. We will categorize and classify books (labeling and coding books) in our community library. We will conduct final test for English language program. We hope you all continue supporting us.

We would like to thank everyone who supported us through GlobalGiving. With your help we hope to continue and build upon the success of our non-formal education program.

Warmest regards, 

The Salariin Kampuchea Team

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On behalf of Salariin Kampuchea (SK), students, staff and board of directos, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all our donors, supporters, volunteers, partners and friends who have been a part of our organization this year. Without your support, Salariin Kampuchea could not have performed as well as it did. At our school location in Veal village, Chreav commune, Siem Reap district remains changes and great success. Thus, we would like to share with you the annual report for 2016.

Programs

English Classes: There were twelve English classes with 306 students applied to study with Salariin Kampuchea. There were 43 students left school because of they were busy with public schools, getting scholarship for vocational training, having jobs, and helping house work.

Certificate and Graduation: 82 certificates were offered to the students who graduated from Let’s Go 3, 6, and New Headway Elementary and Pre-Intermediate within the academic year 2016. The graduation and certificate party was celebrated for the successful students during Pchum Ben farewell party in October.

Competition and outcome:Over 200 students participate in Spelling Bee; 5 students win and get reward. 36 students got part-time employment with Pacific Hotel during December.

Life skill project

During the year of 2016, there were 30 students enrolled for the 5th generation of life skill program. There were 24 graduated successfully. Our enthusiastic Life Skills Students visited different hotels as well as the vocational training center-tourism school in Siem Reap to get a better idea of how a hotel operates in a busy tourist centre and to get career guidelines, to gain some experience in a variety of jobs as well as to improve access to skills for their future career. With the boom of tourism in the town there are good opportunities for young adults in Salariin Kampuchea wanting to work in the hotel industry in the future.

Computer Project

77 students attended in the course during the year of 2016. 63 graduated successfully from MS. Word, Excel, internet and email students. Currently 14 students are studying in basic computer MS. Word and Ms. Excel. 8 students dropped out during the year because of state school curriculum and work.

Library project

During the year our youth team and volunteers run daily library which conducted different activities not only with our school students but with other children and teenagers from the surrounding communities. Reading club, reading comprehension, movie show, folding pictures and drawing, playing different games were popular for external and internal students. Throughout the year, on average, 22 students come to each library time.

Scholarship and sponsorship

In 2016, 8 adults from Salariin Kampuchea have still received scholarship to study at university in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh from the Chance2Study organization, and individual sponsors. There are three students graduated successfully from their universities and have got jobs.

There are three students graduated successfully from the vocational training at Haven in Siem Reap and they have got job. The 3 new students from our NGO accepted for training program 2016-2017 as cook.

Volunteers

Throughout 2016, Salariin Kampuchea had 17 volunteers who supported in different areas in our organization. Thanks very much to our volunteers Hannah, Frank, Arnold, Jenna, Myrthe, Linda Marit, Chris, Afonsos, Catalina, Cyrill, David, Georgia, Gradey, Stepein, Krystal, Peter  who invested their time and resources to work with and support us.

Staff training and development

• Our teachers and director attended a leadership and management and teacher training with teachers from DPETNS, Ireland.
• Together our teachers and educational volunteer discussed and developed our English placement test at all levels.
• Our teachers and staff participated in a teacher training conducted by our Australia volunteer, Georgia who skilled in TESOL.  

Partnership and donors                          

• Our donor and founder, Katrin, Switzerland Association visited our school
• Our donor, Tanya, HOPE visited our school and explained us about their future support.
• We continue our partner with “GlobalGiving” for an online fundraising platform.

www.globalgiving.org/donate/9971/salariin-kampuchea/

• Partnership with DETPS, Ireland our Executive Director visited Ireland for three weeks. In return, a group of teachers from Ireland spent 3 weeks at our school to teach and train our teachers and staff.  For three weeks in June and May, our director, Ravy Vang visited Ireland in an exchanged program hosted and sponsored by Donabate Portrane Education Together National School (DPETNS) (http://www.dpetns.ie/). Both organizations learned wonderful lessons and we are excited for the future opportunities with DPETNS.
• To partner with Haven, 3 trainees graduated and get jobs and another two new students attended in Haven for vocational training 2016-2017.
• Partnership with USEA, they provides tuition fee discount for students from SK.
• We partner with hotels: Soria Moria, Pacific, Le Meridien, and Sokha for work experience, and intern.

Events

Spelling Competitions

Students from different classes at school spent several months completing a series of spelling courses to improve their knowledge and understanding in English. The Spelling Bee program culminated in a competition between the ten classes in the school, held at our school in Chreav. It was a great day, bringing the ten classes together to learn and socialize. Students showed enthusiasm and real team spirit in their support of one another throughout the program.

Puppet Workshop and Parade Night

There were around 30 students, staff and volunteers participated in the giant puppet workshop and parade night organized by the Giant Puppet project in Siem Reap. They really enjoy it.

Writing Through Project

There were 9 English students from Smart and Romdoul participated in poetry writing workshop conducted and organized by Writing Through Project. As a result, the students  are able to write their own poems in English and present their poems in the big event. They really enjoy it.

Achievement

• We continue running our school as social enterprise programs supported by BOOKBRIDGE.
• Our business plan for social enterprise is in place together with 24 members from different countries.
• Our new school building at a new location has already built funded by our NGO’s fund.
• 3 scholarship students from SK graduated successfully from the universities in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. They get jobs and other 5 continue their university study in Siem Reap and they all get jobs in Siem Reap.
• 3 students who attended in Haven vocational training and restaurant graduated and got jobs and other 2 accepted in a 2016-2017 training.
• 36 students got work experience to work at Pacific hotels in December.
• In October 2016, 125 certificates were offered to English, computer and life skill students for their graduation during Pchum Ben party.
• Our former student conducted a cooking lesson to share to our next life skill student generation. They made chicken burger. 

Challenges

With sort of fund for 2017, we no longer run our charity programs. In order to continue our education activities and programs, we convert our educational activities to a social enterprise programs with affordability and quality for students and community in a learning center empowered by BOOKBRIDGE.

In the next three months, we change our location and office and we launch our new learning center. We will celebrate opening ceremony for our new learning center. We will install and set up our new the library.

We would like to thank everyone who supported us through GlobalGiving. With your help we hope to continue and build upon the success of our non-formal education program.

Warmest regards, 

The Salariin Kampuchea Team

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