We’ve listed what we intend to do on this trip, so that you can pass on to your associates.
Support for Khvien School
· Meet with School Director, Mr Hon, reviewing his needs for the coming year.
· Inspect school premises, especially the library building and the equipment (including computer), and assess needs.
· Inspect the school solar system and determine its effectiveness in lighting classrooms and facilitating afternoon classes.
· Fix date of next school excursion.
· Meet with Director of Angkor National Museum to make arrangements for visit of school grades 5 and 6 – free entry and provision of guides.
Education support
· Meet with Veasna who is being sponsored by Ray and Ann for his university studies. We need to report on his progress.
· Meet with R_______ whose school fees at a private English language school are met by Rosemary from Christchurch, New Zealand. Again we need to assess its effectiveness.
· Meet with R_______ to review the Saturday English language class at the school which we support.
· Meet with the Captain at the Army Base to give advice.
· Meet with Suy Vandy and give computer lessons.
· Margaret to conduct advanced English class with Vandy, R________ and Mr Hon
Rice deliveries
· Meet with all the nine school teachers to hear their assessment of their current needs and how the supply of rice to them is effective.
· Visit families in the village who have at least one parent suffering with HIV/AIDS.
· For the family receiving regular monthly rice deliveries, we need to confirm that it’s being properly used.
· Meet with the group of landmine victims, Khmer Independent Life Team (KILT), and review their rice-milling process and rice deliveries for us, and future plans for modelling corruption free schools.
· Meet with Kourosh Aghassipour to determine future directions of rice deliveries e.g. bulk storage facilities.
Meet with tour guide and our facilitator, Phath Lem.
This trip will take place during the Khmer New Year celebrations so the school will be closed. We can take advantage of that to concentrate on the adults and prepare for the next trip when we will be with the children. On past trips, we have had to get everything done in a short time and it has been totally exhausting, but this way i.e. a preparatory trip, allows us some more planning.
We’ve contacted all the people we want to meet up with and they’ve confirmed that they will be available.