UPDATE: We have now received funding for all the items on the list! Thank you to everyone that donated and helped make Back to School a success.Back to School! This familiar phrase is all around us now, signifying the end of the summer vacation and the start of...
Author: Chea Choeun
Playing games and making friends…
In her blog Claire describes the themes and games of the different summer activity weeks as well as making a new Khmer friend....My name is Claire and I am one of the five volunteer staff who came to JWOC from England to run the Summer School this year. I am halfway...
Art at JWOC
In this post Merabi, one of the TravelAid team, talks about the role of art at JWOC and introduces their wonderful mural....Arts and crafts are an important part of JWOC. Regular art classes are held for the children, where singing, dancing and story-telling are...
Exiting and rewarding…
Ellie, a member of the TravelAid team from Oxford University,writes here about what she learnt and loved during her month with JWOC....Finishing university was a daunting prospect, and the knowledge that I would be leaving England almost immediately...
Unforgettable Experiences
For the last 4 weeks volunteers from Oxford University have joined us to help run summer activities at the school. In her post Emily describes what they did and what she learnt.....Before volunteering with JWOC the majority of my experiences working with children had...
Volunteering with the Microfinance Project
In this post Erica, a member of the Melbourne Microfinance Initiative, writes about her experience of working with JWOC. In July of 2012, myself and five other students from the University of Melbourne spent two weeks with JWOC, working with the...
Bouakham talks about the difference his JWOC scholarship made
When I was at year 4 and5, I was lucky to get the scholarship from JWOC in order to continuing my education. I was very lucky and happy at that time. I am now graduating in August and I am going to find a job as a teacher in Luangprabang first. If I could not get a...
A rewarding experience…
Students from West Point recently came to volunteer at JWOC. In their blog posts they explain about what they did and what they learned...I have done a lot of community service project before in the past, especially in foreign countries. However, I have never traveled...
The challenges and rewards of volunteering in Cambodia
Students from West Point recently came to volunteer at JWOC. In their blog posts they explain about what they did and what they learned...Before this summer, when I thought of vacations what came to mind was usually drinks on the beach or camping in the wilderness....