Arrival to Phnom Penh and visiting Saru new home



Arrival to Phnom Penh




Each one of the kids prepered a small gift for me



Lunch together

The kids makes drawing for me

Drawing of Sophal, Orly waving to all the waiting kids

Visiting the home of Saru

Since July Saru is living with Nary, she have a little appartment

Nary to the right, to the left her sister

The appartment of Nary

Chanty sleeping in her room in the temple

The aunt of Chanty and Rotha, sh is our dinner cook

Dinner together, from the left: Borin, Orly, Saru and Yos

New school year start in Cambodia on Monday the 3. Oktober 2011

Borin did shopping today to the kids, they all start a new school year on Monday and Borin bought them new cloths, shoes, schoolbags, and school equipment.


Borin is writing:
I spent totally 112.5 USD for everything of their starting school.

The spending like this:
1- Clothes of Sophal, Cheng and Kosal 6 pairs x 5 ( 5 USD per one pair) = 30 USD
2- Clothes of Chanthy alone 2 pairs, two shirts and two skirts = 17 USD
3 School bag of Sophal, Cheng and Kosal ( 2 x 6 USD and 1 x 5 USD) = 17 USD
4- Shoes of Rotha and Cheng: 2 x 4 USD = 8 USD
- Shoes of Sophal, Chanthy and Kosal: 3 x 5 USD = 15 USD
5- Socks 3 x 3000 riels about 2 USD
6- Built of Rotha 3 USD
7- Notebooks (60 books) plus pen, red pen, pencils, ruler, book cover with plastic for covering =22.5 USD

Rotha needed 15 books last year, grade 7. So I bought Chanthy 15 books, Rotha 15 books, Cheng about 12 books, while Sophal needs only 8 books, The rest book for Kosal, but if there is any notebooks left I could give it later for the one who could need next time.

This time I gave them much freedom to choose clothes that they like, shoes that they like, school bag that they like, books, and so on...

I asked for good quality as well, but let see how long they could use those things. I bought two set of cloths as they could have for changing while one pair is dirty, and haven't washed.

 

 

 

 

Housing for Chanty and Rotha

In August 2011, Chanty and Rotha got a room in the temple, Borin bought them a fan and a lamp, the room is very small, just 1 x 2,5 meter but now they don’t need to sleep outside. They have a place to keep their belongings, as school bag and cloths.

 

Daily life in the room of Borin

Borin agreed with the aunt of Chanty and Rotha that she will prepare everyday a dinner for all the small kids, he will give her the money for buying the ingredients and she will cook. Her job will be paid by a meal.

The aunt is living as homeless in the temple area. We started with this arrangement per 1. June and we hope that it will give Borin help to concentrate on his coming exams. The arrangement will also give the kids a better and bigger dinner than the one they used to buy.

The rice is coming from the village of Borin from the country side, once in a while he gets


 

 

Borin did shopping for the kids today

Borin did some shopping today for the kids, it is some Soya milk and noodles which our project support the kids besides their breakfast and dinner.
Per 1. of June we started a new arrangement, the aunt of Rotha and Chanty will make dinner for all the kids so they don't need to buy from outside and we hope that for the same money they can get better and more food.
The portion you see in photo is for one month, for June, for 6 kids so it is not much.

Borin is writing:
I bought today somethings like you see in the pictures. Sophal got his small present (for his good results in school) included a pair of new shoes, pen and extra soybean milk. His shoes were loosed so far, and Kosal's shoes were broken too, not the shoes to school but the shoes they wear in the temple everyday. It is dirty to walk without shoes in the bathroom, and spread dirtiness to my room as well, but they don't have so much habit of wearing shoes all the time.
MILO (cocoa drink) is for them and Coffee is for me. I do need coffee in the coming time (because of exams at medical school), and it might be only at mid-night time that could be always peace and quite for me...
You see a lamp in the picture, the aunt, Rotha and Chanthy could us if they need, like you wish, but they now have dinner in my room, so normally they don't need it, but I need it when i study at night as the light I am having is too bright when people are sleeping.

A typical meal

Our project support every day the kids with hot meals, Cambodian eat only hot meals. Borin sent me today these photos of Chanty, showing how a typical meal from us look like.
Thanks to all the sponsors for the support we get.

 

Visiting Cambodia Apr. 2011



New clothes from Denmark

After shopping, books, games, puzzles, balls, baloons etc.

Sophal in Water Park

From the left: Cheng, Rotha, Chanty, Chhon, Yos, Kosal, Sna, May and Saru

Saru after he left the monkhood at april 13th

Sailing on the Mekong

From the left: Kosal, Sophal, Orly, Cheng and Borin



From left: Chanty, Sophal and Kosal



Sophal and Chanty

Breakfast in the temple, Cheng and Kosal




Cheng with all his belongings, his schoolbag and a plastic bag with clothes, he sleep outside with Kosal on this bed.

 

Borin and his loving kids

Mother of Borin visiting the temple in Phnom Penh

From the left: Sophal, Kosal and Cheng



Borin is working on his laptop from Denmark and the kids watch tv



Burger Dinner

Lunch at our usual restaurant

Kosal hanging clothes after wash

On the way to the airport