Become a volunteer in Cambodia. We need your support!
Become a volunteer! For one day or longer... Are you planning a trip to South East Asia? Do you want to travel to Cambodia or combine it with a trip to Thailand, Laos or Vietnam? Maybe you even want to visit Cambodia for a longer time? Have you ever considered combining your personal travel goals with experiencing true Cambodian life, not only as a spectator, but living and working with them while simultaneously helping children? Consider becoming a KNGO-Teacher!
Of course it would be the best case for us (and for you) if you stayed longer than a day or a couple of days for teaching. But even just one day with one lesson given by you helps to improve our student’s skills. Usually, short time volunteers can teach three hours a day, Monday to Friday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm, 4:00pm to 5:00pm and 5:00pm to 6:00pm. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Sun Saveth (see Contacts). He will come and pick you up from Battambang town. Or you can take a Tuk Tuk to our school inexpensively. We look forward to your visit!
Be the change you want to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi
Financial support is also needed.
Besides qualified and motivated teachers we need also acceptable learning material and school equipment such as books, or even simple equipment like writing pads, notebooks or pens. Furthermore less people would expect early darkening in tropical regions as a problem. These are only some examples, but below you see our most urgent necessities.
Currently, we are facing these main problems:
•Lack of volunteers.
•Lack of funds for building our own school and purchasing our own land.
•Lack of books and materials for study.
•Lack of modern tools, especially computers.
•Lack of funds for teacher salaries.
•Lack of budget to maintain the project.
What do we do?
- Reduce the poverty of children and youths in Cambodia through education.
- Offer an opportunity to youths who had stopped attending government school to return to study in an informal organization.
- Prevent the drug abuse in the community through education.
- Vocational skills training, such as the use of computers.
- Give hard working students to opportunity to improve their pronunciation by practicing with our volunteers.
- Provide a safe space for children and youths to express themselves.
- Provide moral education.
- Help children to become more confident and develop critical thinking, with the hope that they can eventually take an active role in developing their own communities.
Fees and donations
While many organizations require a fee to participate in their volunteer programs, we do not.
Donations are desperately needed to fund our project and are greatly appreciated. However, they aren't required and we'll never put any pressure on you to make a donation.
Homestay
A generous neighbor contributes rooms in his house for KNGO's volunteers nearby the school(3 minute walk). You can stay in one of these private and nice rooms for $5 per night. Meals are provided at the KNGO office patio for $5 per day. Local Khmer food is served (veg friendly) and all of these are optional. You may also arrange your own accomodation and simply visit KNGO to work with the children as a volunteer during the day.
Staying with host family can make your trip easier than staying in a guesthouse, because volunteers can interact with the members of the family and the village society, which make your stay more interesting and give you a genuine Khmer experience.
If you are unable to volunteer but would like to make a donation, please see our donation page.
Thank you so much for all of your support!
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