This year, we took 150 students to Cambodia, and another 60 to Vietnam who will join us at the student forum in Phnom Penh on June 8. 100 students from Cambodia and Vietnam are working with our teams. A team of 22 teachers from Hong Kong, Philippines and Vietnam are on a teacher development course. A team of 6 student story tellers from PolyU and Brown U are reporting on the projects. All together we have ~400 people involved in what we call the Cambodia Summer School on Service-Learning and Leadership. Most will be at the student forum tomorrow at which they will present to each other what they have done and learned.
They are working at slums, schools, community centres, villages, ...
They are installing solar panels for electricity.
They are teaching English.
They are doing health promotion in the villages, and staying in village homes.
They are setting up bicycles as electricity generators,
hand-turned generators to drive illuminated world maps, …
They are designing and implementing equipments to enhance a STEM-themed playground for a primary school.
And a lot more.
They are learning to work together with students from local universities and NGOs, passing on what they have been trained in, and learning from each other.
They are learning to understand social issues here in a different language and culture, empathise with people, solving problems with technology and professional knowledge, and be better global citizens.
This is the cumulation of a whole year’s worth of planning and preparations and highlight of the year for our team. Well done, team!
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