Thăm trường ở làng nghèo Andong Chan Village

On July 29, 2013, a group of AAD and Mr. Bang Nguyen, a supporter visited the school which built by AAD on September 2009. The intention of the trip is to visit the students and their parents as well as study about current needs. The main question was asked by many villagers is when the school would be in operation again?

The answer is now still on the air since the funding for this education program has not been actively campaigning.

The needs are funding for:

• ·    Students uniform 3,600.00 USD per year
• ·    Salary for 4 teachers of 840 USD/month which will be 10,080.00 USD per year
• ·    Salary for director of the school =280 USD/month which will be 3,360.00 USD per year
• ·    Salary for 4 project staffs 1,000.00 USD/month ($250/ea.) which will be 12,000.00 USD per year
• ·    Gasoline for the field operation to the school/village 1,324.80 USD per year
• ·    Per-diem for the operation staff to the school/village 768.00 USD per year
• ·    800 reading books for the school 4,000.00 USD per year
• ·    Administrative expenses 1,200.00 per year
• ·    Reserved budget to support the school supplies 3,000.00 USD per year

As quoted by Mr. Sem Sovantha, AAD’s President, with only $39,332.80 USD /year then the school will be open for 300 students again in September 2013.

The wooden 2 classroom school was built on August 2010, with a generous support from Ms. Margaret Dawbarn in Australia, fulfilled the long wish of residence in Andong Chan village.  It is located in a remote area, 95km from the city of Siem Reap, and about 5km from a main road. Here is no running water, electricity, health center neither government school.

In 2010, there were over 200 children of the school age who have never attended a formal language class. Most of their parents are also lack of formal education themselves.

The school consists of 2 classrooms had provided primary school programs for the needy children for over 2 years until 2012 when Ms. Margaret Dawbarn passed away and the funding was ended.

Reopen the school is the urgent need for this severe underdeveloped village.

Expanding the school to 2 more classrooms is a bigger wish of all: Parents of over 300 would be students and AAD as well.

SOURCE: http://www.angkorad.net/activity-news/in-siem-reap/122-122.html