We are now on day 3 of our emergency response and about to start a new activity- distribution of materials in the two squatters' villages furthest from JWOC. South Veal village.A survey yesterday morning of the children attending the dry haven let us know that no one...
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Flood Relief Update- Reducing disease risk for children
The first part of JWOC's relief response to the flooding in Siem Reap has been about reducing the disease risk for children in the urban communities where we work. JWOC is fortunately staying dry amongst the floods. Keeping children out of the flood waters, where the...
Flood Relief Update
Thank you to everyone who has already donated! With your help we started the relief work today, starting with providing a dry, safe haven for children to study and play,reducing their risk of illness or injury. The day started early with the first children arriving at...
Emergency Appeal: Siem Reap Flooding
As you may have heard on the news Southeast Asia is experiencing worse than normal flooding, with the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia suffering particularly badly. Siem Reap Province, where the majority of JWOC’s work takes place, has been hit with a wave of...
Find out what Somath, our Librarian, has to say about the JWOC library
Our Library SessionsFrom day to day the library is popular and is known to many students and children who live nearby. They like coming to read, to play, and to join all of the activities happen in the library every day. There are a lot of games, toys, books (Khmer...
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone that donated to our Back to School wish list! We have now been able to get everything apart from the new benches needed in Laos. This is a great joint achievement! If you are able please donate $55 to buy a new desk and bench like those above to...
Back to School!
Back to School! This familiar phrase is all around us now, signifying the end of the summer vacation and the start of another school year!For many parents and grandparents it’s a time of buying all that is needed for the new school year- books, uniforms, pens and...
New video from Clean Water Project Manager Sokhorn
For his post this month Sokhorn has made a short video describing the need and impact of his project. Watch to find out more-
More about the fun summer- Rachel describes her experience
In this post TravelAid volunteer Rachel gives insight on what it is like to be a summer activities coordinator and how much happiness it can bring...Having been a Brownie and helping out for a few years after, I found ideas for crafts, games, sports and songs come...