When I was young, most of the children in my town did not study because they had. To build safe and walk more than seven kilometers to reach the next town where the school was locate. But it was not the distance that prevent it, but rather the path “It was flooded and full of landmines. Rhen the leader of his village and now part of the school support committee, tells us. The area where we work in Cambodia, on the border with Thailand, is a jungle area. With difficult access where dispers communities live in conditions of extreme poverty, since public resources do not reach them. It was one of the war zones most affected by the placement of land mines. The schools were practically all and there are still mines to be unearthed , making it even more difficult for Cambodian children to attend school. Cambodia registers fatalities from these devices and the remains of explosive material that continue to be spread throughout the country since Pol Pot was overthrown in
Bigger, safer schools
Our main mission in Cambodia is that boys and girls can be in school and. That this space is safe, in addition to guaranteeing quality education . That is why we carry out the rehabilitation of several schools in the area. Making them welcoming for children and close to the homes of the little ones. “The roof of my old school leake when it Brazil Number Data raine and got muddy,” explains -year-old Borey. “We share the class with second grade while. I studied first grade and it was very difficult to hear the teacher when it was raining because the roof made a lot of noise. Today I can follow classes without any problem.” After the renovation of his school, the number of students increase from twenty to forty-seven students , according to Mr. Yan, years old and member of the School Support Committee: “Before, the children of “The village had to walk more than five kilometers to get to the school in the other village and some families decide not to send their children because it was too far away, the road was too dangerous and the school was not safe.
A long way to go
Cambodia is still recovering from the darkest period in its history. The extremist Khmer Rouge regime that laste just four years but murder of the Cambodian population. Any suspicion of intellectuality was condemned to death. They forced the entire population to live in the countryside, without luxuries, without electricity, without anything that was Belgium Phone Number List considere urban, and of course, the entire population was to illiteracy. Today, although the right to a basic education is in. Cambodian legislation, in practice this guarantee is far from being in the entire country, which has. An underdevelope educational system and in many cases families are not aware of the to educate their children. Face with this situation, we improve public schools, both the physical adaptation of classrooms and common areas and the installation of latrines and sanitation systems, as well as teacher training, the introduction of new teaching methods, the provision of materials and education in health and hygiene.
