Kate Kenward23 October 2007
Eastbourne Herald (UK)
A teaching assistant is flying to the far east next summer to spend two months working as a volunteer in an orphanage.
Kate Kenward, 20, of Selmeston Road, will be spending her time in Siem Reap in Cambodia teaching English.
She said, "My work will include the general day to day care of the children as well as teaching English as a foreign language in their school.
"There will also be other opportunities for me to help in various other projects linked to the orphanage such as the Street Kids Day Centre and the Water Filters project."
The charity Globalteer which oversees the projects in which Kate will be involved supports three orphanages providing a home for more than 80 children.
They live in individual houses with a carer, while they attend school and receive agricultural and vocational training.
Volunteers assist the local staff, teach English, play games, sing songs, draw pictures and provide individual skills to the project.
The Street Kids Day Centre provides local street children with a safe environment for the children to play, learn, rest, wash and eat.
Kate said, "Cambodia is still suffering from the effects of decades of civil war.
"It relies on tourism for a lot of its income so the government has committed itself to making it safe again.
"I also volunteer with the Eastbourne Woodcraft Folk, an educational movement for children and young people and help run our primary aged group where we look at different topics such as poverty and equality.
"Researching these topics, such as the right to an education, has inspired me to want to go and help to do something about it."
After Kate's two-month stay she will return home for a few weeks before jetting off to Ghana in Africa to work in another orphanage.
To fund both ventures she needs to raise at least £4,000, of which she has almost half so far, and is asking for donations.
If anyone can help contact her on 01323 737648.
Kate Kenward, 20, of Selmeston Road, will be spending her time in Siem Reap in Cambodia teaching English.
She said, "My work will include the general day to day care of the children as well as teaching English as a foreign language in their school.
"There will also be other opportunities for me to help in various other projects linked to the orphanage such as the Street Kids Day Centre and the Water Filters project."
The charity Globalteer which oversees the projects in which Kate will be involved supports three orphanages providing a home for more than 80 children.
They live in individual houses with a carer, while they attend school and receive agricultural and vocational training.
Volunteers assist the local staff, teach English, play games, sing songs, draw pictures and provide individual skills to the project.
The Street Kids Day Centre provides local street children with a safe environment for the children to play, learn, rest, wash and eat.
Kate said, "Cambodia is still suffering from the effects of decades of civil war.
"It relies on tourism for a lot of its income so the government has committed itself to making it safe again.
"I also volunteer with the Eastbourne Woodcraft Folk, an educational movement for children and young people and help run our primary aged group where we look at different topics such as poverty and equality.
"Researching these topics, such as the right to an education, has inspired me to want to go and help to do something about it."
After Kate's two-month stay she will return home for a few weeks before jetting off to Ghana in Africa to work in another orphanage.
To fund both ventures she needs to raise at least £4,000, of which she has almost half so far, and is asking for donations.
If anyone can help contact her on 01323 737648.
7 comments:
Congratulation! Thanks for your sympathy..
Thank für your best kind to help the Cambodian kids. The poor kinds od Cambodia need people like you. God bless you.
Sounds okay by me, but no brainwashing please.
Thank you for your Help Miss:Kate and thank for all foriegner spend the time to help Khmer poors kids.The dictator Hun xen regime make the people poorer will not better.
So long this regime exist,will not be better for all khmers.
This barang srey dumray will take all the kids to KFC and show them how to eat chicken , pizza and wash it all down with lots of coca. Very good education for Khmer children.
To Ms. Kate Kenward!
Good luck.
Hello everyone.
My name is Kate and I am the person this article is about. I only doscovered it was posted here recently and I have to say that I am not happy with some of the comments left by people that don't know me.
When I decided to go to Cambodia I had no plans of brainwashing or 'Westernising' the children I was lucky enough to work with. I hugely respect other cultures and enjoy learning other people's ways of living.
I learnt a lot whilst in Cambodia and would like to think I had a possitive impact however small.
I did not take the children to KFC or teach them how to eat junk food. Whatever my personal eating habbits, I would not force others to live the way I do.
Yes I tought the children some of my knowledge from England but also in exchange asked them to teach me some of theirs from Cambodia.
I tried my hardest to respect everyone's views and oppinions and kept an open mind.
Before going to Cambodia I only knew the basic facts of it's past so made an effort to learn more in the hope of understanding even a little bit of what it may have been like.
I was very happy to see that where i was volunteering they were not just teaching English. They were also teaching Khmer studies making sure that all the children knew about their backgrounds and that where they are from is important.
The storries of some of the people I met really touched me and on my return to England I decided to further support them as much as possible. I even jumped out of a plane to raise money to help the kids get to school and have medical care.
I know not all of you may agree with outside help but please don't judge people for what they look like or where they are from. That is what causes a lot of hatred all over the world.
Thankyou for the kind comments and support from most of you though, it really made me smile.
Oh and by the way, I don't like KFC and I am no longer fat!
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