S.C.A.O. News

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    Instagram

    We can happily announce that we are on Instagram! Did you ever want to see the school out of a volunteer’s eyes? Did you crave for news, but don’t want to read long articles to know whats going on at the schools? Or are you a former volunteer wanting to walk down memory lane? Then […]

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    Trip to Oudong Mountain

    On Saturday, the 9th of April, the evening classes from SCAO2 made a trip to the Oudong Mountain in the Kampong Speu Province. It was organized by Oudom and Vibol, two of our Khmer teacher at SCAO2. We drove there in one Van to have a big lunch together and a sightseeing tour threw the […]

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    Case Study – Samuth and Yem Pov

    Samuth and Yem Pov are Cambodian Buddhist monks from the village of Som Roung. They are 17 and 18 years old and they come to SCAO Monday to Friday for two classes a day, studying English and sometimes maths. They have been part of the monkhood for 5 years now and they live in the […]

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    Progress of SCAO3

    Construction of SCAO III has been making great progress in the past weeks. See new pictures! We are progressing at a rate much faster than we expected, and all the staff and volunteers are very excited for this huge upcoming school. In the coming weeks we will start campaigns in the surrounding villages to make the […]

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    Case Study – Daro

    This is Chhem Daro. He is 22 years old. He grew up in a little village called Som Roung, just 20km outside of the capital, Phnom Penh, in Cambodia. Daro has one brother and three sisters. Daro first learnt to speak English at a Khmer house as well as at high school. It was the […]

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    Case Study – Srey Chan

    Srey Chan is 15 years old. She has been attending SCAO I for the past seven years. She originally started out just learning English but as the school grew it gave her the opportunity to complete computer classes and she also joined in, in Japanese classes when a volunteer who was visiting from Japan decided […]

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    Happy Khmer New Year at SCAO1!

    The holiday for our kids startet already last Monday. Next week SCAO will close aswell, because on the 13th,14th and 15th of April everyone is celebrating Khmer New Year. Most of our students go therefore to the countryside to spend these happy days with their families. The volunteers and the students who were still there […]

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    Case Study – Dina

    Dina is 13 years old and she has been attending SCAO II school in Som Roung for the past 4 years. Dina began attending SCAO when she was 9 years old because she wanted to learn English. She is a very bright and attentive student in school, and she enjoys SCAO because she gets to […]

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    Cooking at SCAO1

    During the past few months it became a tradition to cook together at the rooftop of our volunteerhouse. We already cooked german, japanese and of course khmer food. Njam! See more pictures!

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    Learning Toys for Preschool Students

    Play is a way for children to learn. Children develop through playing games, such as fine motor activities, cognitive games, creative expression, etc. Cildren practice their activities, deveop mastery and learn from their experiences, concepts such as: following rules, patience, cooperation and logical thinking. Our Volunteers created several games that help young children to play, […]