Hundreds died and hundreds more were injured last night in a stampede on Diamond Island’s north bridge, bringing a tragic close to the final day of water festival celebrations in Phnom Penh. Prime Minister Hun Sen announced via video conference…
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A third school added to the list of schools being supported by R4L!
Things are moving fast now with another school being added to those already being supported by Rice4Life. During Martin and Margaret’s April visit, plans were made to extend the R4L model to two more very poor village schools in Siem Reap Province.…
Students supplied with new school uniforms
This week 137 students from Grades 2 and 3 at Khvien were supplied with their new tailor-made school uniforms. How smart they look! Pictures of the happy children, click here.
School stall to support RICE4LIFE
We received news today from the manager of a local courier company My daughter and 3 of her friends have decided to run a small stall of home made goodies at their school. They have decided to donate the proceeds…
RICE4LIFE commences its support of a second school in Cambodia!
During our visit to Khvien village in April, we made arrangements with the school directors to ‘adopt’ two more schools by supporting them using the model we’ve used at Khvien with good effect. We are very happy that last…
Rotary Club of Rockdale continue financial support
Another large donation has been received this month from the Rotary Club of Rockdale, NSW. We are very greatful for the warm support and encouragement from the Rockdale Rotarians.
Khvien school equipped for the new school year
Yes, it’s the new school year! Academic Year 2010/2011 has commenced and as is customary when school opens for the new school year, students at Khvien school have received uniforms, books, pens and pencils this week. School enrolment is 317 students…
Rotary Club of Campbelltown become major supporters!
We were thrilled to receive a very large donation from the Rotary Club of Campbelltown, NSW. They write: We were all impressed by your dedication to enhancing the lives of the students and teachers of Khvien Primary School and the…
Presentation to Rotary Liverpool
Martin and Margaret were invited to make a presentation to the Rotary Club of Liverpool this week. The presentation showed the history and progress of the work in Khvien village and especially of interest was the evidence that it had…
New colour brochures available
The beautiful full-colour brochures have arrived from the printer! If you would like a copy or two drop us a line and we’ll be glad to post to you. Alternatively, it can be viewed on the website. Click here.