A trip to Asia, it's wonderful.
We admire the breathtaking scenery, places steeped in history and culture, it crosses the course of an evening, sometimes few days of really nice people, you can feast on local delicacies, take photos and then off again, eager for new adventures ...
Power afford to travel over a long period is a chance, absolute luxury and indeed essential for us.
Take the time to ask, share the daily life of a neighborhood, learn new vocabulary words is a real pleasure. Even dare to say, the routine does not scare us! (Yeah, it's like that, we, not even scared!).
The idea of sharing we also wishes to heart and this idea soon became evident in connection with the visit of a country being rebuilt as Cambodia.
In this state of mind, that long before our departure we were interested to associations through the Internet.
Find an association in which to intervene, in fact, the galley! Reading between the lines a lot of sites looked very Christian evangelists or the limit of neo-colonialism ... And finally, we heard of the School for All Kep. After a pleasant first telephone contact, we decided to go see it was going in the corner ...
Thus, on January 2, it was fine, it was hot, we pointing to the Chameleon where we were warmly greeted by Mark and Lucy.
The Chameleon is the home of teachers and stakeholders but that we will discuss in another article eh, because otherwise it will do much today ...
School French So.
Probably the most beautiful school in the world!
There is a classroom, a future another classroom, a future library, a games room, a playground, a sports court, a boules court, a garden, well, a bougainvillea sublime ...
Founded two years ago by Sokphal Ngo Sisowath, a Franco-Cambodian who was educated in France and currently lives in Paris, the school offers in addition to public education (for children who can get there, because it is not true of all) French courses and a leisure center in the Old Casino Kep.
Sarah deals with smaller, Anne-Sophie means, Manu of the most advanced. All also provide courses in the surrounding guesthouses.
Lucia and Mark have set up the recreation center. The team also
Celia project manager and Anastasia we have not met since it is based in Phnom Penh. There is also
Ket, Veng Kountia stove, Eng Siguenie guardian of the school and stakeholders of passage. We arrived at the same time that Stéphane and Nicolas, we met with us today and Eleanor ago Mohamed, Xavier Lawrence.
(Oulala, it is a lot of names, eh?).
The aim of this school is to enable these children are sometimes very poor access by mastering a second language to better jobs, and therefore better paid but not only.
The place is also a place of life and socialization that children have proper pleasure. Sport and art workshops as well as their many other activities are offered regularly.
We are greeted with "Hello sir, hello madam" "How are you?" "It's going alone!" Followed by peals of laughter and shaking sessions ... although often eludes the outstretched hand to go to restyle the hair ... Children are malicious, gays, enthusiastic, adorable and very independent.
The relationship of trust that was created between the team chameleon and residents of the neighborhood is really touching.
Thus, in addition to the educational setting, the people who do not have the means can access to medical care and gifts such as rice and edible oil were distributed to families in urgent need. Network with other associations in the corner is also taking shape.
Apart employees Khmer Team Chameleon is entirely voluntary and all give themselves a lot of energy but also in personal contributions and participate fully in research funding. Their generosity
and dynamism are really impressive and beautiful foreshadow of future results.
That ...
That's all for today but was still full of things to tell you!
Meanwhile, you can visit the Association website (www . ecolepourtous aucambodge.org) and if your heart tells you you can be sure that donations go to school full , students.
And by the way: the coup for two months, there was even a mailing address, so damn cool!
Naomi and Bruno
016304548POB 9833
School of French in Kep
The Chameleon House teachers
Kep Kep province city
Cambodia
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