Our Schools
Projects
Kampong Phluk (Floating Village) School
The village of Kampong Phluk is an unusual place to live. During the wet season (July-September), the Mekong River becomes so full that it overflows the village. When Kampong Phluk is flooded and becomes a “floating village”. During this time, the only way to travel around the village is by boat. In November, the water dries out and becomes a dry village again. Five thousand people call this unique place their home.
In January of 2010, we opened a school in the Kampong floating villages, we started teaching in houses. At that time, we had almost 35 students. We now have over 250 students in the Kampong Pluk floating villages.
We believe that by offering assistance to family units rather than individual children we can provide a more sustainable way out of poverty.
Although we succeeded in raising enough funds to build a school, we still require donations to complete the project.
Lvea Village School
Lvea village is Pagna’s home village. He was born and raised in this farming community set amid beautiful rice fields stretching as far as the eye can see. It is located 30km outside of Siem Reap and though it is a quiet, peaceful place to live, the villagers endure great privation and hardship due to lack of resources. This is an extremely poor village that up until now, has received no assistance from the government or outside sources. We aim to change that.
In December of 2013, we opened a new school in Lvea village at the request of the villagers.
We started teaching in Pagna’s father’s house while we tried to raise enough funds to build a small school. Thanks to many wonderful donors, we were able to do it! The new school was built in May of 2014 and at that time we had almost 200 students. Today, we have over 450 students in Lvea village.
In addition to building the English school, our goal is to teach the rest of the community which will benefit the community as a whole rather than just the children.
We believe that by offering assistance to family units rather than individual children we can provide a more sustainable way out of poverty.
Although we succeeded in raising enough funds to build a school, we still require donations to complete the project.