Hot lunches for 500 Cambodian children and youth

Hello from M’Lop Tapang.

This morning I was talking to one of the students at our Education Center, a bright young 12-year old girl named Bopha (name changed for confidentiality). She has been attending classes here for about 1 ½ years now. Like all of the children we work with she comes from a very poor family and before coming to school with us she used stayed home to take care of her younger siblings while her parents went to work. When I asked her why she liked coming to M’Lop Tapang she told me “I want to learn to read and write so I can help my parents.” I learned that both Bopha’s parents are illiterate and she is the first in her family to go to school.

I wanted to thank you again for your donations and support for the food program at M’Lop Tapang. Because of your help hundreds of boys and girls like Bopha who are attending education programs at M’Lop Tapang are provided with a free hot lunch. For many of them it is the most nutritious meal they will have each day.

Again, thank you so much for all your help and support.

All the best,

Sarin

Hello from everyone at M’Lop Tapang.

We wanted to say thank you again for you support and donations to our food program and helping to make sure that children and youth in education and training programs have a healthy, hot lunch.

Lunchtime is one of the busiest times of the day at M’Lop Tapang’s Education Center. Since you can’t be here to see it for yourself we put together a very short video that I hope you will enjoy viewing and give you a glimpse into how your donations are used (and a few cooking tips if you ever have to prepare lunch for 500 hungry kids). The link to the video is at the bottom of this letter.

Your support is truly making a difference for children like 13 year old Vibol and his two younger brothers. There are among the hundreds of children that are receiving nutritious hot lunches. These three brothers come from a very poor family and until recently were not going to school but are now in our education program to help them catch up with their studies. Knowing that they can have a hot lunch is a big incentive for coming to class every day.

Thank you again for your generosity.

Sincerely,

Eve Saosarin
Director

Links:

• Lunchtime at M'Lop Tapang
• Vibol and his brothers return to the classroom