By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer
Summer Arts Camp at Champey 2014 starts Monday !
Monday, August 4, marks the start of the Summer Arts Camp 2014 at Champey Academy. This is the second year that we will be offering a Summer Arts Camp. A combination of increased attendance from local children combines with 20 children from the national Orphanage in Phnom Penh ranging in age from 7 to 17. Champey’s Summer Arts Camp program will in two sessions from 7:30 am to 11:00 am Monday through Saturday and 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm six days a week. The children from the National Orphanage are medically challenged and many of them have AIDS. It was determined in discussions with staff at the National Orphanage that attending 6 days per week could be too much activity for many of them to sustain, so their attendance will be limited to 5 daily sessions per week.
Children will enjoy a half day session learning traditional Cambodian dance and music and learning their stories. Added to this will be classes in painting and drawing and music.
In recent weeks our roster of daily students has increased to as many as 100 students per day as many local children come to participate. Our art and music classes are over subscribed and we are pleased to be seeing enrollment of both boys and girls into our programs. Our goal of building community and becoming known as a safe place for kids to engage in age appropriate activities is gaining ground among the local street vendors who have found that the summer program can be a great way to safely occupy their children during the 8 week school break.
We are still looking for funding for all of our arts programs. We are reminding all of our donors to as if their company might have a matching gifts program. If so, please let us know, we will be happy to assist in filling out any paperwork .
Thank you again for all of your generous support to give these children the opportunity to spend a happy 8 weeks of summer holiday while having the opportunity to learn more about Cambodia's rich cultural heritage.
Barbara & Mark Rosasco
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