Poverty Hinders Learning

Given that the poverty line in the rural areas of Cambodia is set at US$0.25 per person per daily consumption, 53.7% of the population in…

Girls Face Higher Risk

2/3rds of the women in Cambodia are under 25 years old. Somewhere near 20% of young women are illiterate compared to 15% of men. In…

The 1970s Genocide

Four decades ago, from 1975-1978, the Khmer Rouge conducted a genocidal campaign, killing between approximately 1.2 to 2.8 million Cambodians — one-quarter of the country’s…

Nearing NGO Partner Decision

After having completed the first 2 ProjectPhases (DiscoveryPhase, FundraisingPhase), we entered the 3rd phase of our project: the NGOContactPhase. It has been 1.5months since we…

Empower Communities with Ownership

While building a school always seems like the right thing to do, the way in which it’s built and maintained sends an extremely strong message…

Disadvantaged School Site

It can stabilize their energy, improve their minds, even out their moods, help them maintain a healthy weight, help to prevent mental health conditions.

School Site Plan

Technical skills ensure the proliferation of generations of local knowledge, as well as practical and marketable skills.

Building Schematic

The contractor sent us some smartphone shots of the proposed schematic. This schematic is heavily based on the safe building practices and recommendations by UNICEF…