Overview While there are plenty of great items to bring with you on your trip, this guide focuses on some essentials you may wish to…
Not all Rice is Equal
Rice is a staple food in Cambodia, but not all rice is equal. Rice comes in a variety qualities, ranging from high quality food grade…
Standardized Test Scores Below Regional Average
One in three children in Cambodia have repeated a grade. The percentage of the Cambodian population that has attained at least grade seven by age…
Primary Education is Slowly Improving
Cambodia has made terrific progress in educating its children. Since 2007, the number of children enrolled in preschool programmes has more than doubled. The number…
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…
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…
Be kind. Everyone is fighting a hard struggle.
Source: https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/education
Becoming an educator is serious fun.
Education breeds confidence in both the student and the educator. Educators have a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of students. They…