May 2, 2012 at 5:32 pm
- Posted by: SCAO under Day Care Center, Education Phnom Penh, NGO in Cambodia, Non Governmental Organization, Save Children In Asia, SCAO, Volunteer in Cambodia
- Tags: Cambodia, Children, Community, Mr Samith, Phnom Penh, Save Children In Asia, SCAO, urgently need volunteers, Volunteers, Young Students
By Janette Speyer
My husband and I visited Save Children in Asia in 2009. My daughter had volunteered at the center and she strongly advised us to stop by and visit the children. She told us it would be a life changing experience.
So taking her advice we set out to visit the day care center with a bag of rice and some toys for the children. After meeting Mr Samith and the kids we walked away inspired and vowing to help in any way we can. We own an online marketing agency in Los Angeles, California and it proved to be the perfect vehicle to help promote SCAO. When traveling through Southeast Asia we noticed that Facebook seemed to be the communication tool of choice for young students traveling the world. With the help of a brand new website, a Facebook, Google+ and Twitter pages we started to promote Save Children in Asia to everyone we know, including our clients.
Today in 2012 we are still actively helping SCAO and we recommend that anyone traveling to Phnom Penh, Cambodia make volunteering at the center a priority. Visiting Mr Samith and watching his devotion to the community, to the children and to education is a noteworthy experience.
Right now the center is going through a bit of a downtime. They urgently need volunteers to keep the center running effectively, so please, if you are visiting Phnom Penh, Cambodia in the near future, stop by Save Children in Asia for a month or even a few days. I can promise you, you will not regret this at all on the contrary, once you see the children it will be a life changing experience.
August 11, 2011 at 11:05 pm
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 5, 2011 at 10:30 pm
- Posted by: SCAO under Education in Phnom Penh, Save Children In Asia, SCAO
- Tags: Disadvantaged Families, Education, Gap Year, Phnom Penh, SCAO, SCAO school, School, Volunteer Opportunities, Volunteering Abroad, Volunteers
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.
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June 1, 2010 at 6:49 pm
- Posted by: SCAO under Day Care Center, Day Care Phnom Penh, Education Phnom Penh, NGO in Cambodia, Non Governmental Organization, Save Children In Asia
- Tags: Cambodia, Cambodian, Cambodian Children, Donations, Free Education, free English classes, NGO, Non Governmental Agency, Phnom Penh, Pursat Mountain, SCAO, SCAO Center, SCAO Education Center
SCAO is planning to open a second education center that will offer free English classes in mid 2011. The new center will be located in a beautiful and authentic farming and fishing village just north of Phnom Penh in the Pursat Mountain region only 12 km north of the present SCAO center.
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