November 25, 2011 at 9:01 pm
A Typical Day at Save Children in Asia Center in Phnom Penh
Life at Save Children in Asia (SCAO) is slowly evolving. The children are enjoying many activities that the center now offers thanks to your generous donations. We now have a computer room a soccer team and official school uniforms. Our new location conveniently located next to the, Khmer Culture Center.
We are still looking for volunteers to participate in the program and reside on campus and assist us with the many tasks that are needed at the center. Please feel free to contact us anytime or you can follow us on Facebook or Twitter for more news on the SCAO
October 14, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Coconut Curry…Sweet Sticky Rice. Cooking for A Good Cause.
- Tags: Good Cause, Khmer, Khmer Food, NGO Organization, SCAO Cookbook
For the first time, SCAO will soon be creating its own cookbook! The cookbook will include many native Cambodian recipes that will feature everything from coconut curry, spicy curry, to sweet sticky rice, spring rolls, and pumpkin dishes. If you know of any Khmer recipes that you would like to include or have good photos of Khmer food, please email amcguckian@gmail.com.
Photos by Alice McGuckian
The SCAO cookbook will feature pictures of the kids along with images of daily life at SCAO. The cookbook will be available for purchase with 100% the profits going directly towards the NGO organization. Don’t miss out on getting this amazing cookbook! It will bring back a lot of great memories of SCAO!
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September 29, 2011 at 5:53 pm
SCAO Offers A Unique Solution for Volunteering Abroad
You can now book a working holiday with SCAO on Ecoteer.com
Ecoteer is a unique volunteer agency offering a directory of cheap volunteer work opportunities, jobs abroad and working holidays. Volunteer opportunities are very reasonable. Ecoteer is leading the way in a new type of volunteer work abroad benefiting the volunteer project.
August 23, 2011 at 11:52 pm
New Beginnings At SCAO for A Brighter Future
- Tags: Children, Education, Save Children In Asia, SCAO, Volunteer
There have been some exciting new developments at SCAO from the arrival of two new girls, trips to the dentist, a new promotional video and an exciting new Volunteer page!
SCAO’s mission is to give all our children the best possible start in life. Their education, overall welfare, health and safety are our primary concerns. We are proud to welcome into our community two beautiful local girls into our care. They will quickly integrate into our daily routines and all the children are very excited to have them. They are already starting classes and will start learning English with our wonderful volunteers.
August 11, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Save Children in Asia Volunteer Group
We just created a Facebook Group so that all volunteers and children that live and work at the day care center can share their thoughts experiences at Save Children in Asia. It seems fitting since most people that travel to the Far East use Facebook to communicate with their friends.
We are very pleased with the great response from the children and SCAO volunteers.
Here are some of the post from the Children of SCAO.
Ngorl Lion
Hi! I’m lion. I’m also live in SCAO too! So I’m enjoy here so much, I love Everyone here like my family and also I keep SCAO is my house already! I’m in high school now and I’m finish in this year for high school, so I’m also help teaching kids too, I love them I’m enjoy with them and volunteers we been really friendly and we’re keep like in one family, by the way I love SCAO and I hope all volunteers be back, all the best from lion…:)
Lim Sreyla
I see all of you look so kind I feel relaxed when I hear your sound !!Thanks for helping Cambodia people!!!
Som Hom
I was of the kid who live in SCAO that the center help me to continue my study and now I’m ready to go to the third year at University and now I’m still live in the center and I can help for the English class at the center too. Many thanks for the volunteers that they spent there at SCAO:):):)
It is amazing how well the children speak and write English. Your continued support makes all of this possible. Please join our Facebook Group and come and visit our SCAO family in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. We look forward to seeing you soon.
July 12, 2011 at 9:50 pm
SCAO and Eltham College Pen Pal Project
Last week was an extra busy and fun filled week at S.C.A.O, with the arrival of pen pal letters from a school in Melbourne called Eltham College.
A few months ago children from S.C.A.O wrote pen pal letters to children at Eltham College. The Australian kids received their letters and were inspired to do some fund raising for their new friends and their school in Cambodia. They came up with the idea of running a cake stall and a free dress day, through which they raised enough money to buy many of the items on a wish list of things for the S.C.A.O kids and their school.
July 5, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Our New School Is Opening on July 18
Hello friends!
We have some very exciting news to share with you. After several months of hard work, the construction of our new school is finally complete! We are well on our way to giving our students a great education and a wonderful place to learn and grow. We will celebrate this grand accomplishment with an opening party on July 18. At this party we plan to give approximately 130 disadvantaged families living near the school 10kgs of rice, fish sauce, and soy sauce, as a welcoming gesture.
June 21, 2011 at 11:49 pm
Introducing the S.C.A.O. Football Team
Hello SCAO family! How are all of you doing?
We are happy to inform you that the SCAO football team is now dressed for success with new uniforms! Volunteer Alice McGuckian’s father made a kind donation that helped us make uniforms for the boys, as well as t-shirts to sell (which will help raise money for the center). You can see pictures of the boys practicing in their uniforms for their first games (which they won) by visiting the SCAO Facebook Page. Way to go, boys!
SCAO volunteers are extremely important for our organization and non-profit organizations not just in Cambodia, but around the globe. They work day-in and day-out to give our kids a better future through education and by being outstanding role models. We are extremely thankful for all of their hard work.
Students who want to volunteer abroad, or are specifically looking for volunteer opportunities in Cambodia, especially during their gap year, have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference by coming to Phnom Penh and working with SCAO. For more information on how to be a SCAO volunteer, visit the Volunteers page of our website. If you cannot come to Phnom Penh as a volunteer, we kindly remind you that we accept monetary donations. Every donation is very much appreciated and will be used to provide SCAO children with access to education materials, food, and shelter. Thank you for all of your support! Take care!
June 10, 2011 at 10:44 pm
SCAO News – New puppy, new school, new activities
- Tags: Children, Save Children In Asia, SCAO, SCAO Center, School
We hope you are all safe, happy and healthy. Here at SCAO everything is going very well and we thought it was time we gave you all an update on the latest news. The kids are going well at school, studying hard and moving up in school and university. Srey Lat is keeping busy at English school and studying business at university and Hom is studying to be a vet at uni, they are both also teaching classes at SCAO. Nita, Chan and Lion are working hard at high school and Ly, Lim, Leap, Sey Ma, Srey Hoy, Pon, Vireak, Srey Lia, Li and Lee Mai are all at the Primary school next door to the centre. Sey Ha and Ra have jobs at a motorbike shop and Din is working as the security guard at the new school.
