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Polishing Their English

 

I've gone into classrooms in four different schools, helping the kids practice their English. 
 

 

In Sen Monorom, in eastern Cambodia, I was walking through the market, and came across a classroom, open to the street

I hung around outside, and the teacher invited me in

 

 

 

 

They peppered me with questions

I sang Duke Ellington's "I Like the Sunrise" for them

Great fun

 

 

 

In Siem Reap, co-founders Betsy Bradley and Sea Sophal have started the Bambooshoot Foundation

The basic idea is to search out Cambodian girls who already have some leadership talent, and provide them with training and financial assistance

They accomplish their work through education, food, and shelter

Part of the enterprise is the dormitory program, operated as an adjunct to Angkor High School

 

 

Josephine, the curriculum director for BambooShoot, invited me to her class

 

 

That's she at the rear of the class, with Nathan, an old colleague of hers, who also helped with the class

Sorry these several photos are so blurred
 

 

These girls are articulate, vital, assertive 

They bode well for the future of Cambodia

 

 

Next I went into Betsy's classroom

 

 

That's Betsy and--to her immediate right--Sovanna, the director of education

 

 

Sovanna and friend

 

 

 

Again, I sang "I Like the Sunrise"

 

 

 

Here's the dynamo herself, with half the class

 

 

the other half was monks

 

In each instance the routine was for students to ask me questions and, by hearing my answers, tune into yet another English speaker

Then I asked them questions, such as "What is your dream?"

Check 'em out 

Bambooshoot Foundation

Educational Center For Human Potential Development

 

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