Charity Cambodia

As I mentioned I visited the garbage dump of Sihanoukville together with a group of people on Wednesday. The misery at this place is awful to see and getting closer to the dump we could feel the smell increase and as we reached the dump the smell was really bad. Along with the smell the flies were everywhere. At the garbage dump there are currently 32 families living and they survive by going though the dump coming there. We went there to donate 100 kilos of rice which will feed them some days.

I must say it was one of the worst places I have seen and it is very hard to understand people really are living at such a place. The children have no possibility to attend any school meaning it is very hard for them to find a way out of their misery. Pictures can't really describe the place but these can give an idea of what the situation is like:

When they are going through the garbage they are looking for everything and an example of what they do is collecting and drying paper which they can sell. For every kilo of paper they receive 100 riel which means they need to collect 40 kilos of paper to receive 1 USD.

Obviously they aren't able to afford any medical attention and 2 children had untreated bad marks as you can see on the following pictures:

I would like to help the people in such misery more but unfortunately is isn't possible to help everyone here and that's a terrible feeling. At least a small comfort was to see how much they appreciated the rice we donated.

Today we went to the center in Stueng Hav and gave the clothes which Lisbeth donated when I was in Sweden. They were much appreciated. Enjoy the pictures below.

And once again, thanks to Lisbeth and the children forgetting their clothes after gym class!

The Goodwill Center (the name has now changed from School to Center) is closed Thursday and Friday this week due to a staff training which aim to improve the communication skills of the staff.

The training is financed and organized by the Steung Hav project which I described in an earlier post. The staff training is held at The Goodwill Center as this building is more suited. Staff members from The Goodwill Center are also invited to the training as well as 2 students from the teenager class. Furthermore are staff from M'lop Tapang and 1 member from The Starfish Project invited.

The training is held by Sok Chea from the Attitude Center of Education, who are invited from Phnom Penh. This is the fifth year they are invited and this years class regards the importance of communication.

As I didn't want to disturb to much by taking pictures I only took a few and they are all taken during the training today.

Regarding the Steung Hav project you can now find 2 different links on the right, one in English and one in German. The German one is more updated with pictures etc. We have also decided to donate the clothes from Lisbeth to children in this project. Hopefully we are able to carry this out in the near future.

Hello!

A few days ago a joined Sabine, the operation manager at The Goodwill School, to visit a project which she is supporting. We went to a fishing village called Steung Hav located 30 km north of Sihanoukville. The project is supporting the area with a day center during the day and several English classes in the afternoon. As Sabine took part in her planned meetings I was wandering around the village and got a look into the life on the countryside. These are some pictures I took during wandering around:

Sabine is now on vacation back home in Europe for the upcoming six weeks. This means I will assist the teachers on The Goodwill School until Sabine is back. I will join the daily meeting and will be around to help the teachers regarding situations coming up.

Have a nice weekend everyone!