A week of hard work and great outcomes

In my last post I told you about what was coming up in November - well here's an update!

Fundraising

So far so good - with two weeks left to go until the fundraising ends we have raised over $2000. However there is still quite a distance to go, with $4500 needed to complete the project. We are talking, e-mailing, networking, updating, blogging, tweeting and reporting everywhere we can to raise awareness and try to hit the target! A big thanks to those who have donated so far, and a huge thanks to those that are going to keep spreading the message and sending donations our way. There will be a real big push in the last week so please support us.

Flying Doctors of America (FDoA)

The week long work of consulting, diagnosing and treating is over, and has been hugely successful. A total of 12 doctors came to Cambodia and traveled to a different district each day to offer their expertise and skills to the local community.We'll be posting something specifically to report on the Flying Doctors - so check back soon!

New student registration

On Saturday 9th November we invited all parents who wanted to register their children at the school. We asked them to come from 8 - 10am but the reality was they turned up at 7am and carried on coming until 3pm! It was a remarkable turnout, especially with the amount of younger children that turned up. Unfortunately we have a limited number of spaces so we are now busy working through the applicants and placing them in order of need.

Busy November!

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, we've got a busy month ahead we've been busy planning for!


The Flying Doctors arrived yesterday, they are a team of American Doctors from different disciplines. They will be visiting a different province around Siem Reap for four days, meeting anyone with an illness or problem they want diagnosed or treated. Last year the doctors saw hundreds of people every day, we hope they can hit the same numbers this year and provide free healthcare to them all.

Our teachers and other staff help translate for them, so the school pulls on all its resources to ensure we can run both projects for the week. Fortunately we have a number of volunteers for the week ahead which will certainly help share the work!

We've also been busy with our fundraiser, and we hope to raise the rest of the money as soon as possible so we can crack on with the building and get our students back to school. Here's the link again if you missed our last post: www.youcaring.com/buildmeup