WORK CONTENT AND DESCRIPTION
There are two main objectives at this project. Firstly education, and consequently,
secondly trying to offer to better future for under-developed children from poor
and remote areas. As well as simply offering this education, we are also trying
to promote and encourage this among children who are not currently receiving any
schooling.
The children themselves come from the Pul village, as well as five other surrounding
villages. Their ages are from 6-15 years old. They currently have only a basic level
of English. Classroom sizes are typically between 25-30 students. The school consists
of six separate classrooms. The classroom is equipped with basic teaching resources,
such as a blackboard and flash cards for participants to use. The students also
have pencils and paper.
Teaching time with the students is divided into two shifts. The first beginning
in
the morning from 8am – 11am. The afternoon shift is from 2pm to 5pm. We advise you
to do one teaching shift, combined with some construction or gardening each day,
although we also believe that you should work mostly where you believe your skill
set is best utilized.
The School also has an adjourning vegetable garden. Here each student has been designated
with a small plot of land to farm their own vegetables. Maintaining this is a challenging
job, but has the benefits of both physical and mental well-being. Helping the children
out with the farming work is available to you, if you would like to engage in this.
This is an extremely valuable task!
Much of the school has been built with the help of previous volunteers and local
tradesman, However, the work here is far from done. Volunteers are able to continue
to assist in the construction of a new pathway, toilets, as well as building walls
and renovation of the nearby area.
We are also set to work on some "educational art", so if you have any artistic talent,
your input would be very gratefully received! We would like several walls to display
images and sketches of participants' home countries. Examples would be flags and
various other cultural symbols. We feel this will be a nice way of reflecting the
work done by volunteers of the past six years.
Example Schedule:
Monday-Friday:
The core focus of the teaching project will depend upon the needs of the school
at that time. The main role played by participants will be:
- Teaching English on a non-formal basis
- Working with the children in their vegetable garden (for their own consumption)
- Creating activities for the students, including workshops for cultural exchange
- Arts & Handicrafts activities
- Sports after classes
- Environmental awareness activities (Clean Up the World)
- Construction and renovation of school and local community
You don't need any qualifications for this project and you’ll experience the best
of the region, history and spirituality that Cambodia has to offer… and that's saying
something!
2015 Holidays:
The project is not available during these dates:
11 - 19 April 2015 Khmer New Year
10- 18 October 2015 Ancestors Day Holiday
2016 Holidays:
The project is not available during these dates:
11th – 15th April 2016 Khmer New Year
26th September – 07th October 2016 Ancestors Day Holiday
If your programme falls within any of the dates above, you may join the
Community Construction Programme.
FREE TEACHING GUIDE :
We provide you with a Teaching Guide and suggestions on inexpensive resources to
take with you. Children are always fascinated with volunteers and want to learn
as much as possible about you. They love to hear stories about you, your family
and where you are from so it is ideal to take pictures, maps, magazine articles
and photos of your family and friends with you. You can also use these as excellent
resources for a lesson to promote discussion and interest.