Child sponsorship update from Battambang, Cambodia

Update for child sponsors from the SOS Children's Village Battambang, Cambodia from Summer 2008.

With great pleasure we would like to share with you the latest happenings and recent developments that have taken place in the SOS Children’s Village Battambang during the last 6 months. Without donations from the supporters our work would be impossible, and every money we are given is a great help towards the work we do.

A half years SOS Children’s Village Battambang has been a home for 142 children among whom 73 boys and 69 girls age from 4 month to thirteen years old living in fifteen family houses. Moreover, At the SOS Nursery School inside the village you can hear children laughing in every group. The SOS Nursery School is attended by children from the community as well as from the SOS Children's Village. This is a place which is never quiet! Up to 113 children between the age 3-6 attend SOS Nursery School, out of them 31 are from SOS Village and 24 scholarship students whose family absolutely poor. The availability of suitable classrooms, games and toys ensures that the children are given the optimum conditions for developing their social, intellectual and creative skills and they are prepared for the primary school.

To make children’s life more interesting, purposeful and to promote their development a lot of activities and events are organized within as well as out of the Village. Education was the challenging part in the working process of children development programme. We prepared for activities to educate our children. All our children from grade 3 to grade 8 were started reading book such as school, histories, joke, proverb books in our SOS library in everyday work in order to improve their basic and social knowledge which was leaded by our educator. Therefore, our educators have trained directly and smoothly cooperation with SOS mother to training the children by each family in everyday work in order solving their education problem and others additional training.

Children's events in Battambang, Cambodia

In addition, our children tried very hard in learning from school and others additional training classes like sewing, dancing, and football. Starfish Foundation supported football program. We have three football teams that trained by five Starfish football-training teachers in every Monday, Tuesday and Friday morning. For football, our children’s football team both boy and girl’s team had matched with children’s football team from ASPECA children Center and Hope School at Institute of Technology Battambang in morning.

This match have organised and leaded by Starfish Foundation head and their co-worker and joined by SOS Children Village Battambang and ASPECA co-worker. This match provided our children with more experiences in football match and make friendship with other children at the outside.

On June 1, 2008 Children’s Rights Day was celebrated in SOS Children’s Village Battambang for a whole day in defferent program setting. All children from each family house were really cheerful with educational story performance, game competetions and challenging questionairs. It was beneficial for all of them both essential comprehension and motivative rewards. All Coworkers, Nursery School Teachers, and Mothers joined this celebration in order to encourage those children to be happy to live and learn here.

For sure you are pleased with the information and developments that took place in our Village during last 6 months. We hope that you will continue to sponsor our Village and witness how children grow up and turn into independent happy persons only thanks to your generosity and kind will. Helping children in need is the responsibility of all the people. Your generous contribution helps us make our vision a reality, enables us to provide children with hope and opportunity for a better tomorrow. Together we can let the children know that they are not forgotten and they are still in our hearts. On behalf of all the children and the whole SOS organisation we would like to express our gratitude for your help and support.

Wishing you all the best
Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Meas Mala
Senior Co-worker-Sponsorship