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| New kids from Kampong Chhnang province |
The management team of ALC received several requests to provide supports to the orphaned and vulnerable children who are in a very critical need for their education and livelihood. The team finally selected two destinations to conduct site reviews and identified the right candidates to be accepted for the program at ALC. The first destination was located in Ou Mal village, Kampong Chhnang Province, where the team need to pass the severe hazard roads, potholes and take ferry to cross the river to reach the destination. The second destination is Prey Veng province. The team travelled by car and need to walk several kilometers to reach the villages where the roads for car is not accessible.
As a results, 5 kids from Kampong Chhnang and other five kids from Prey Veng were selected but only five kids from Kampong Chhnang who are adapting well to the new living environment at ALC and enjoying their studies with the existing students. For other five kids from Prey Veng, they decided to return to their community because they felt that they had less freedom for their living in the center. ALC processed the transfer of their schools and enrolled them to state school program as well as the class in ALC.
Vanna and Vannak are twin brother were living with the grandmother in a small zinc hut. The family is too poor to afford to send the children to high school. His older sister has dropped out of school since she was in 9th Grade and is working as a garment worker. Both Vanna and his twin brother usually spend their time from school working in the construction site to earn extra money to help the family. Another boy is coming from a very poor family. His name is Phanith. His parents are still alive but too poor to afford to send him to school. The father does not have any regular job and the mother is jobless. The family has run into debt after the natural disaster destroyed their crops. Phanith has one sister and one brother but none of them were able to finish high school. His older sister and older brother have dropped of out school since they were in 9th Grade and the sister is working in garment factory and the brother is a motorbike repairer which are only able to support their food with very little saving.
Sokna is an orphan of father. The father has abandoned the family since she was too young. The mother married to another man and both of them have migrated into other province and are working as firewood cutters. Sokna has three brothers with whom one of them has the same father as her and one sister who has different father. Prior to coming to ALC, Sokna was living with the sick grandparents who have debts to micro finance. Sokna was not well taken care of and she is facing a very uncertain future because the family is too poor to afford to support her to continue her education.
Socheata is cousin to Sokna. Her parents are still alive but the family’s living condition is extremely poor. The parents have migrated into Thailand to find work and the income the parents earn are just for paying for debts. Socheata was not well taken care of and she is facing a very uncertain future same as her cousin.
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| two cousins with their grandpa |
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| twin boys- orphaned |
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| Sokna and Socheata at ALC first day |
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| The five kids visited ALC to see the location |
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| Socheat and Sokna with their sick grandma |
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| Socheata and Sokna brothers and sisters at their village |
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| Huon Shared used clothes to the kids at community |
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| ALC team at the ferry ports to cross the river to reach the village |
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| Phanit at his bedroom below the his house |
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