Welcome to Savong's School

Welcome to Savong’s School 25 minutes east of Siem Reap Cambodia. Svay Savong is a young Cambodian who had the dream to build this school in order to provide free language education to rural children. In this part of Cambodia, not far from the incredible Angkor Wat temples, tourism is the major employer beyond subsistence farms and family retail businesses, so skills in languages provide a passport for future employment. For 650+ rural children Savong’s School provides hope, opportunity and support.

The school was built in 2005 with the help of many supporters world-wide, and together with Savong and his team of teachers the school has made progress – step by step – to provide higher levels of education with better resources. To meet the needs of particularly poor children the school has also established a small orphanage nearby (home for 35 children) as well as a health center that serves 15 patients a day.

Volunteers are always welcome here, whether for a day, a week, a month or longer, and we know the experience will be as valuable for you as it will be for the students who come here voluntarily. They really appreciate the gift of free education. School operates in the afternoons, while orphanage volunteering opportunities are available mornings and afternoons.

Come help us make a difference!

  • Near Siem Reap, Cambodia . (See map.) Three classrooms, library, computer classroom and 650 students.
  • Children's home for 35 especially needy students.
  • The project is directed by Svay Savong.
  • The objective is to give young rural students employment opportunities by teaching them languages useful in the local tourist sector: Korean, Japanese and English. 
  • Computer skills are also taught.
  • Top students are awarded university scholarships designed to support them through 4 years of university study.
  • The school is an example of the global village at work.

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The Purpose of the School

The purpose of Savong's School is to give rural students a chance to find employment, Savong's School was established to teach languages to children who cannot afford paid tuition. The school, a modest three classroom building built in 2005 in a small village East of Siem Reap, has met immediate success. Students don't have to attend here – they already go to the State School . But the State system doesn't teach languages such as English or Japanese, and so 440 children willingly attend Savong's School.

It is a good place for the students, a social hub, a place to learn and a place that gives opportunities. The teachers work hard to deliver quality education. Savong began the school because of his own experience, growing up in the years of poverty after the fall of Pol Pot. As he states it; “I don't want children to ever face what we had to face.”

This website shows you the school and shows how you can help support it. It is a worthwhile project, an example where people around the world have linked by email to a good person with a great project in the middle of Cambodia and, together, have turned the dream into reality. This is the global village at work!

 

Are you able to help with these pressing needs?

  • Number of orphanage children seeking sponsors: 4
  • Number of new scholarship sponsors to be found for 2011 intake:  5
  • Savong has also committed to building a "branch" of the SOC orphanage near town, and construction of this has begun. This will house the older children and give them access to good schools (and later university) in Siem Reap.
  • You can assist children by helping supply stationery, dictionaries and school uniforms so they can also attend the local state schools.
Welcome to visitors from around the world.

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This counter was installed on January 31st 2011 - we have around 12 new visitors every day - though lately we received a surge thanks to the kind article in MAS Airlines inflight magazine Going Places. Thank you Malaysia Airlines.

A big welcome to our new visitors - thank you for discovering us!

Support the School

Savong's School costs around $US1800 per month to run - though as with any school it has a thirst for new equipment, more books and stationery for the students, and there are costs such as building maintenance, transport for children and volunteers, as well as the cost of running the generator.

The associated orphanage which serves 38 of the students also requires funding, (several hundred dollars per month,) for the day to day food, clothing medical attention and schooling of these children. A little goes a long way here! By clicking the MAKE A DONATION bar on the left you can securely make a donation of your choice via PayPal and help us fund the teacher salaries, and ongoing costs. Thanks!

 
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