CIA FIRST International School in Phnom Penh has been a close friend with SCAO for the past few years. This is all through the work of Andre Struve, the Director of CIA FIRST International School. Andre was also one of the first volunteers at SCAO over five years ago. Through this connection there has been […]
On the 29th and 31st of May the company “Lach Bunn Ann Optics” came out to SCAO I in Boeng Chhouk to offer free eye checks to all of SCAO’s students and the older people from the community. Over two days they checked the eyes of nearly all 250 SCAO students and also the eyesight of […]
Teacher Daro is 18 years old and is an assistant teacher at SCAO School II in Som Roung village in Cambodia. He lives at home with 9 other family members; his house is located close to the school. He has been attending classes at the school since they began. What is the main occupation in […]
Thanks to a generous donor who donated 14 tablets and the installation of Wi-Fi in both SCAO I and SCAO II we were able to set up a Tablet Class in both schools. This is a great opportunity for both teachers and students to increase their knowledge about new media devices and the internet. There […]
On Sunday the 6th of April we invited 50 of the villages poorest families to the school. Here we distributed 7kg of rice and a large bottle of fish sauce to each family, as well as clothing that had been donated by various donors and volunteers. With Khmer New Year just around the corner, it […]
The second Hairdressing classes started on the 8th of August, 2013 with 25 students. The number of students attending the class fell a little because of other commitments that the students had. These commitments included working the family farm and working to help generate more income for the family household. A small drop in the […]
What is your name and how old are you? My name is Piseth and I am twelve years old. Why are you studying at SCAO? Because SCAO is a good school and when we study we don’t need to pay money. How did you find out about SCAO? My friend, Kim Long, told me about […]
The NGO “Cambodia World Family” (CWF) is based in Phnom Penh and offers free dental care to children in need. The dentists working at CWF are volunteers from all over the world and Cambodians. SCAO has teamed up with them and now gives students the chance to visit the dentist for free. Once every week […]
We’ve been having great success with our pre-school class; we have more children attending with a full class of 30 every morning. Not only that, classroom behaviour has improved immensely; the children sit down of their own accord, they’ve learned how to share and realize there are enough toys and games for everyone. They’ve also […]
Three weeks ago we have added a conversation class, which has shown to be a great success at the New School, to the schedule of the Old School/ Center. Due to the busy schedule of most of our students and our volunteers it wasn’t easy to find a time that suits everyone, however we’ve now […]
On the 28th of October 2013 our new preschool class started in the new school of SCAO. The Class takes place from Monday until Friday from 11-12 clock in the morning. The new project especially is for young kids at the age of 3-6, who are not joining the public school yet. Besides the English […]
The “Save poor Children in Asia Organization” (Cambodia) plans the new construction of an Education and Community Centre in Prey Ponror, a village located 25km north west of the capital Phnom Penh. During this project, S.C.A.O. will be supported by its partner organisations “Kinderhilfe in Kambodscha e.V.” (Germany), “GECKO Kinderhilfe Südostasien e.V.” (Germany), “Estrellas de […]