Monday, 28 May 2012

more updates...

Error Correction In my last post, about Steng Hav, I mentioned M'Lop Tapang (who are a huge organisation doing an amazing job here in Sihanoukville) and I was mistaken in naming Thet as the centres director. I apologise for that mistake.  I have corrected the original blog post here but many of  you receive updates by email and would not read the correction. Donations A huge thank you to Bernadette,...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Stueng ... and How !

I had been visiting the Good Will Centre for some time and Sabine invited us to go to visit a small school project she and one of the directors of M'lop Tpang had set up at a fishing village about 45 minutes out of Sihanoukville. A small place called Stueng Hav (pronounced Stung How for those of us in the West). The main reason for the visit was that Sabine was leaving and the staff from the centre and members of the community wanted...

keeping on, keeping on

Good Will Centre I have been spending a lot of time volunteering and helping here lately, like all the small centres it is full of wonderful kids.  Kids who are HIV positive, kids with all sorts of issues but they are full of life and laughter.  I am really enjoying my time there. Jenny's Toilet Construction Project aka the Dunstan Dunny ! Rather than "The House That Jack Built", "This is the Toilet that Jenny Built" Jenny's Toilet This...

Saturday, 5 May 2012

what a view...

Donations Update A huge thank  you to Nadine and Dave from Grafton.  They made a wonderful donation of $58 yesterday  Also a big hug to Kylie and her family from Karana Downs for their donation of $20 and I can't express enough how much of a difference peoples generosity makes to some of the poorest people in the World. Just a reminder to those living in Aus, in order to avoid paypal fees (Pay Pal took...

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Good Will Centre, Sihanoukville

I decided to use some of the money our Nymboida community had raised to support the wonderful work at the Good Will Centre, particularly the school at the centre which along with post and pre school care is it's main function.  I have committed to them to pay two months of wages for all the teachers. Teacher wages for the month of April 2012 I had planned to drop the money to the Centre, take a photo and...