Music

We discovered, when we first visited the school a decade ago, that Cambodian kids love music and have no stage fright when it comes to singing.

In January 2017, members of our non-profit board visited our school. One member, Ken Colson (pictured below) purchased four ukuleles to teach students and teachers music fundamentals. Ken plays the ukulele and found that it's a very popular instrument in Cambodia. While there, we taught them how to play and sing "You Are My Sunshine", a particularly special song for our school. Doris Dillon's friends gave her the nickname "Miss Sunshine". Students' and teachers' enthusiasm spoke loudly to the need to create an ongoing music program.

Teaching them how to play the ukulele gives them a vehicle to more fully develop their love of music and self-expression.

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Art

On our Fall 2008 visit to the school, we saw students drawing in a classroom during their free time at lunch. We decided then and there to set aside donated funds to buy art supplies each year for all students to use. 

We have always wanted to create an art curriculum and now, Megha Karthik and Smera Patil, students from Leland High School in San Jose are developing a curriculum to finally realize this dream: 

Take Action: contribute $150 for a year's worth of art supplies
 

Sports

Students love to play sports, especially boys. Volleyball and soccer tend to be the most popular. Each year, we raise funding to purchase a variety of sports equipment, from hacky sacks and badminton nets to inflating needles and air pumps. We also hand-carry donated used soccer uniforms to the school for students to wear.

We built a playground five years ago. It has become a great gathering place for students of all ages. By playing on the equipment, little kids come to see school as being a fun place to be and thus are encouraged to go to school when they are old enough. Now, the activity of so many children has worn down the equipment considerably. If you want to help fund a new playground, please click on the Take Action button below.

Take Action to help fund a new playground ($1,700)