We have just spent a week in Battambang. This is a town filled with charities from all over the world, which aim to improve the outcomes for Cambodian families. We have even seen the Jolie-Pitt foundation, but haven't seen Angelina or Brad. World Vision had a meeting at our hotel for 2 days. Every school seems to have sponsors names on it. This enables free education for the students.
We have been volunteering at a school on the southern edge of Battambang. We are team teaching English lessons with a local teacher. We attend school from 1 to 5. The school is Khmer New Generation Organization.
The school is well organised. Volunteers sign a code of conduct, which includes no photographs. It is hot and tiring, very noisy, but fun.
At 1pm we get very young students learning to write the alphabet. As the day progresses, the students get bigger and their studies more advanced. You can see that they are learning some English. Pronunciation is a big problem, that's where the foreigners help.
Last night we went to the circus Phare Ponlou Selpak. ( they tour overseas)
This is a school supported by overseas funds. The acrobats were amazing.
