Education Aid to Cambodia: 2016

søndag den 6. november 2016

Sophal - new home in Siem Reap

I decided that it is time for Sophal to leave the temple in Phnom Penh and for the first time in his life to have a home. I rented a room for 45 USD for Sophal and his older brother, Sokly.

His brother grew up in a NGO, finished high school and just started in university, he is working as hotel receptionist.
Sokly, promised to support Sophal and therefore I decided that it is best for Sophal to live with his brother instead of staying as homeless in the temple.

Sophal moved now to Siem Reap, the city of Angkor Wat, 7 hours drive from Phnom Penh. Borin, who is also living in Siem Reap found a room for the two brothers just near by his apartment.

Sophal with Borins baby

Sophal and his Brother, first day in the room.

New school uniform, belt and shoes 25 USD

lørdag den 5. november 2016

Chanty - Last year in high school

Chanty went shopping, new school uniform, for the new and last year in high school. She is doing quite well at school, still living in the temple which is extremely rare in Cambodia, a temple is a "girl free zone", but Chanty have been there since she was a little girl and they accept her destiny because of her sickness.

søndag den 30. oktober 2016

Yos - ten years later

2006 Yos to the left, with Saru and Borin at the temple Wat Koh

We met Yos at our first trip to Cambodia in 2016. At that time he was a poor monk. We supported him for some years so he could finish high school and start university. At that time he was quite "alone in the world", became monk as a child in order to survive when his Grandma died.

He left the monkhood when we started to support him, but stil lived in the temple until he got married. He met Nika at university, at the same time he had a job as a sound technician in a TV/radio station, she got a job at the samle place, as a TV newscaster.

TEN YEARS LATER: Yos added 20 kg. to his weight :-), he is married, have a little cute and healthy boy. The last news from Yos is that they now bought a new (50 M2) house which is under construction. They will enter the new home within 7 months and need to pay 416 USD x 204 months! Fantastic story for us to follow.

Yos in 2016 with his baby boy

Yos and Nika, 2016

The new house outside area

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onsdag den 14. september 2016

Kosal left the monkhood

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

torsdag den 11. august 2016

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!