Kosal left the monkhood

After few months as a monk, Kosal is back
to normal civil life....

Shopping clothes

Chanty finished grade 11 and Sophal finished grade 8. Afterwards I gave them some money to buy new clothes and go out for a dinner at Lucky Burger with Choun Chetra.

The kids are getting big!

Sophal in 2010

Chanty (back) with a friend in 2007

New school uniforms

Chanty and Sophal just ended midterms exams and Chetra went with them to buy new school uniforms and school bags:

Each school uniform is 21 USD, the bag of Sophal 13 USD and the bag of Chanty 22 USD.

Chanty and Sophal - Shopping

Chanty bought a shirt  & shoes 4 USD for each

Shirt and trouses 5 USD for each

 

A set of shirt and trouses for 10$



A new belt 5 USD

Kosal became monk

I have been informed today that Kosal has become a monk yesterday. We do not know the motives for his choice. He has the last month been in his home village for the summer vacation. We have received the message from his mother, she survives in Phnom Penh by selling fruits on the streets. His parents are both in Phnom Penh and lives as homeless while his siblings live in the village.

 

Kosal has never shown interest in becoming a monk, he may seeks status, attention or is under pressure by his parents or other Family members..... not easy to know.

In any case, life as a monk is limited in Cambodia, so we'll see how long he "holds out".

 

Chanty is fit for fight

It's a huge pleasure to announce that Chanty is completely healthy after her hospitalization with meningitis.
Thanks Borins rapid response we managed to save her life from the terrible disease.
Fortunately, she is so old and independent today that she can control her medicine without Borin in daily basis.

I gave her some extra money in connection with her hospitalization, and today she has been out to buy some new clothes, two shirts and a pair of jeans as you can see in the pictures.

She still have summer holiday and starts on the second last year of high school after the holidays. She is a diligent student that suits school and get satisfactory results.
 

 

Sophals home village

Sophal comes from a village about 40 km south of Siem Reap where we are right now.

His mother died in childbirth when he was one year old, his father remarried, the four siblings were spread in all directions and Sophal live in the temple in Phnom Penh supported by our project.

Every summer Sophal visit his home village where his grandmother, aunt and uncle still live, as rice farmers.

As we are going back to Denmark tomorrow we decided to take him to the village today and meet his family for the first time. Only his aunt was at home with her 10-month-old baby.

It was hard to leave him under these conditions after a nice holiday in Siem Reap with us.

One learn much more about life seeing the conditions that our children have.

Sophal with his aunt and her baby

Rice inside the container

Rice container

Rice container with the rice fields in the background