A happy event today! Our tuk tuk man (we call him “Number 9” after his registration number 0209) was waiting and took us into the town centre to the eatery known as “BBQ” – simple, eh? There we treated all the…
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The annual school excursion to Angkor National Museum and the Silk Farm
We’re exhausted!! Hot and happy. We really are flagging- it’s the heat and humidity that saps the energy from us, also the massive amount of stuff we’re doing. Continually ‘negotiating’ in getting things done tires us too. I…
“Let there be light!” Solar electricity installed at the school
Today has been another exciting one! We have been suffering with the ‘Delhi belly’ – a casually drunk iced tea at a shop we think was the donor of our stomach bug – but nothing took away from the thrills…
Census: Nation’s 13.4 Million Seek Elbowroom
With 70,482 inhabitants, Pailin, the town on the Thai border built for and by the Khmer Rouge, has more than tripled in size since their rebellion ended in 1998. Oddar Meanchey province, with 185,443 people, is also three times more…
It wasn’t enough! Inflation bites
Last week we reported that “Inflation is now a big social problem for the village and so we are ordering and paying for exercise books, pens and pencils this week to avoid paying even higher prices in September”. A friend in Cambodia…
Update on school visit in September
With just under eight weeks to go, plans are well advanced for our annual visit to the school. We arrive in the village on an auspicious day for the Khmer, Pchum Benh Day (Ancestors Day) – Sunday, September 28.…
New colour brochure available!
A beautiful brochure has been prepared to show with pictures the work undertaken in Khvein village.
Exchange Rate – Cambodian Riel
Currency Unit Buy Sell U.S Dollar 1 4092 4100 Special Drawing Right 1 6609 6609 Australian Dollar 1 3853 3891 Canadian Dollar 1 3994 4034 China Yuan 1 593 599 European Euro 1 6328 6392 British Pound 1 8030 8110…
Margaret and Martin to visit the school in September!
Happily, we are now able to return to the school. We have booked our flights to arrive on Sunday, September 28th (Phchum Ben Day). The students arrive back at school for the new school year on October 1st so…
School excursion planned
Plans are being made for this year’s annual school excursion on Saturday October 11. Each year, classes 5 and 6 are taken on an educational excursion to the Silk Farm and the Cultural Centre. This year we plan to…