Message from Sis Ched of Don Bosco

Big Thanks from Cambodia!

Dear Paul Raj and Friends,

It has been quite a time since I last communicated with you. My monitor broke down and our e-mail was a mess for some days because we changed our main user account. I hope you have received the message of acknowledgment I sent for our student Srey Long. Sr. Ophriini has sent you too the acknowledgement for Pheap Srei Neath. I think it would be better to have a joint letter of acknowledgment for your file.

Many thanks for such a big help you've extended to our students - S$1,400. The two are really poor, suffering but studying hard so as to help their family in the future. Hope one day you can come and meet them.

You know, you made Srey Long very happy. Her mother died recently of cancer. It was a big blow for her and her brother. She's the most affected because she was the one who took care of the mother. She's very, very closed with her. It's sad that after her mother's death she came back to school for a week and then, she became very, very ill. The brother said she needs an operation. We have not heard anything from the brother after that. We'll try to follow her up and give you the news. We unite ourselves in prayer that she may pass through this trial in life.

Thank you! You made a big difference in the life of our students. The thought that they have friends out there who care consoles them in moments of difficulties.

May the Lord bless you for taking part in our mission for the young. He cannot be outdone in generosity. You're greatly blessed! The Sisters pray for you daily.

A very meaningful month of Mary!

with our love and prayers,
Sr. Ched

Pheap Srei Neith - Aged 15 - her education next semester is sponsored by the kind hearts of Anne Tan, Martinus, Jocelyn, Sam & Friends and Paul Raj & Friends...

We should learn from St. Augustine who said:

"Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence."
-- St. Augustine of Hippo

Sok Phirom (left) - wants to be a doctor...he is now sponsored by Dr Mark Thong.
Moung Srei Touch (right), intelligent and aged 15 ..is by God's grace sponsored by Susanna & Han...

This is Chenda - Education sponsored by John Bishop & Lisa Whitman. Desire to be a psychologist..very promising student!  

Srey Long is Sponsored!

Praise God for Paul Raj & Friends, Dom Yeo and Kat Chan - Srey Long has a chance to study another year!

So Rachana is Sponsored!

X'mas Wishes from So Rachana Xmas 2006

Age 15, studying Grade 6 - Next year's education sponsored by Patsy! Thank you!

The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ
says, the more you give, the more you are.

-- Frederick Buechner

 

"Greetings from all of us. Yesterday the grdes 5 & 6 children had a wonderful time in the sea.For almost all of them, this was their first and so they were taking the sea water home for their families. " - Sis Ophriini

Socheat - girl standing on the left 

How the 'Cambodia Project' came to be...

Our Cambodia project started because my buddy and I felt called to go to Cambodia for a visit.

We, as a group of friends have been sponsoring the education of a girl named Socheat for the past year. We wanted to better understanding of Don Bosco School and meet Socheat.

Don Bosco School is a vocational school. They teach young children how to read and write and teach older children a life skill. When they finish their education, the Don Bosco nuns will find job placements for them.

The Don Bosco Schools have both boys and girls schools. Boys learn metal work etc whilst the girls learn cooking, sewing, secretarial courses, office administration etc.

When we were in Cambodia for 2 weeks in De 04/Jan 05 – we were amazed at how well the kids were being educated , how kind and untiring the nuns were in their vocation to help the under privileged. We also saw first hand the poverty in Cambodia.

When we got back, we put our photographs together and shared the situation of the Cambodia kids with friends. Many people were and is still keen to help...

We communicate with the nuns at Don Bosco, to update us on the needs of these children.
We hope that we can find more like-minded people, who have a heart for the poor.

We believe that help comes not just in the form of material things but assistance in sponsoring their education so that in time they would be able to help themselves.

Education will ensure that they are able to find proper jobs, find self worth, self esteem and then as educated adults, they return what they have received to their fellowmen.

No effort will ever be in vain...

We help because we can...

Poverty is not by choice...

Project Cambodia

Poverty is not by choice...so we help where we can...
People may say, our effort will be in vain...

But think how many things on earth have been made...
Beginning from a grain of sand...