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

Tilføj billedtekst

Tilføj billedtekst

Tilføj billedtekst

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.