Our Vision
Hello Friends, my name is Kim. I am a high school English teacher and tour guide to the temples of Angkor and surrounding Cambodia. I have been working on different projects that can improve the lives of children and families outside the monuments of Angkor. Since the project’s creation in 2007, we have grown from one school with 287 students to eleven schools with 5375 students in grades ranging from primary to high school. In addition to building schools and offering school supplies, another way we have been able to help improve education, is through the donation of bicycles.
With schools located anywhere from 5km - 13km from the homes of many rural children, bikes are often the only way for students to get to school. Offering bikes to students does more than provide them with transportation; when families know their children have a bike to get to school, enrollment improves and dropout rates decrease. We’ve been providing bicycles to students for six years now. The first year, 2011, we offered only 12 bicycles. By 2016, we were able to provide 251 bikes for kids, in nine different schools.
How you can help
This school year begins in November and our goal is to provide 300 bikes to kids with the greatest needs. Without bicycles, most of them will drop out of school to work in Thailand on factories or farms. They are too young to work. 207 bikes have been distributed through September and the first week of October. However, we still need 93 more bikes for kids who are anxiously waiting as the school year approaches. Please note that funds received after November 1st, 2017 will be allocated to the "2nd semester" start date.
One bicycle is only $45.
We need your love and support. Please consider sponsoring 1, 3, 5 or more children by funding their bikes! Thank you so much for taking the time to consider the above.
