Savong School

Take 2!!
Passport-check! Tickets-check! First Aide kit-check! Teaching resources-check!
Not long to go now and I will be in Siem Reap. I will be teaching English as a volunteer at Savong School-12klms due east of Siem Reap, Cambodia for the 2 weeks of my school holidays. It has not been an easy road thus far regarding planning for the trip but I am proud that I did not give up on my dream.
according to the school’s website the purpose of Savong School is to give rural children language skills in English so that they may have better work prospects in town when they graduate. The school also organises University scholarships for the top students so that they may be supported througha degree program.
The school was founded by Savong who grew up in the years following the Pol Pot disaster. His father, a monk, was one of the individuals who latter collected the bones, skulls and human remains at the Siem reap killing fields. Despite these memories, the focus is on the future and helping the next generation receive an education. Savong began by constructing a classroom on the side of his dad’s house. With assistance of overseas supporters who helped him realise his dream to serve children in the counrtyside, he built the school in 2005 and each year adds more services to assist local children.
The school operates from approximately 1.30pm to 7pm amd Sunday is a day of rest. The Savong Orphan Centre was constructed near the school in 2008. Many of the children have at least one living parent but come from very impoverished backgrounds.