December 2014 Newsletter

Salariin Kampuchea

Collaboration Respect Responsibility Integrity Support

Celebrations & Achievements

6 Months at a Glance July

August

September

October

Certificate test conducting

Online fundraising with GG

Working with a fundraising

consultant

Conducting Spelling Bee

SK staff participated in

teacher training

Certificate delivery and

Pchum Ben Party

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November

December

SK board meeting

Conduct certificate test

We participated in Angkor

Bike Ride

Parent Meeting

Child Protection Training

Certificate Test for English Classes

Congratulations to the students from the 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 10:00am classes for completing their final books of Let’s Go 3- 6 & New Headway Elementary in the English program. We are very proud to see them graduate and wish them luck in all they do in the future.

Pchum Ben and Certificate Delivery Celebration In September, our students, staff, and volunteers celebrated the Pchum Ben and Certificate Delivery Party who graduated successfully before we had a break for our annual Pchum Ben holiday. 220 certificates offered to the students. We had a lot of fun with traditional Khmer games, dances and food. Work Experience and Apprenticeships We are pleased to announce that 58 of our young adults benefitted from work experience and apprenticeships at Pacific Hotel (www.pacifichotel.com.kh ) in Siem Reap. We are very pleased to see the links we are forging with business partners around Siem Reap. It is very beneficial to the students.

In December, we conducted our 2nd parent meeting. About one hundred parents attended the meeting where we encouraged them to support the children’s learning. Women’s Resource Center also introduced their training to the parents for 2015 by financial support from Diakam. Thanks for collaboration.

2nd Parent Meeting

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School News Life Skill Students Visit a

Hotel

In October, the third

generation of life skill

students attended their visit

and tour of Soria Moria Hotel.

This was a great opportunity

for them to see the reality of

working in the hotel industry,

gain knowledge and

experience, and to guide

them to a potential future

career while they are starting

their career training and job

search.

Spelling Bee Competition

We launched a competition among SK students called the Spelling Bee Competition. This competition aims to improve English language of our students. They recognize new words- meaning, part of speech, how to use them.

Angkor Wat Bike Race and

Ride 2014

In December, more than 30 staff

and students participated in the

race and ride. Our executive

director, Ravy committed his

first challenge to cycle 30km for

SK fundraising. They enjoyed it

very much. Thanks HOPE &

individuals for your

contributions.

Traffic Law Training

In December, we invited a

traffic police officer to

conduct a traffic law training

to more than 60 students. It

is very important for the

students to gain knowledge

about traffic laws, signs and

penalties as well as reduce

traffic accidents.

They enjoy it a lot with

questions and answer.

Second Board Meeting

SK board of directors held a

meeting in October this year

to discuss the annual

progress, necessary changes

for continuous improvement,

and the approval of the

budget for 2015.

Scholarship and Vocational

Training Skill

By partnership with

Chance2Study organization

and Haven Restaurant, we

support one more student to

continue his study at

university and 3 young adults

get one year training. One as

a cook and two as service

personnel.

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We continue to collaborate with our partners and donors to improve our services and communication as far as possible at Salariin Kampuchea. This year has been particularly busy: -With the support from donor, Switzerland Association, we hired a fundraising consultant, David, to improve fundraising tools and build the capacity for Salariin Kampuchea Cambodia. -By partnership with Jayavara Boutique hotel, our donation box is allowed to be placed at the hotel. -Following collaboration with Women’s Resource Center and donor (Diakam) we discussed and conducted a community meeting with parents in Chreav. -Following collaboration with a current donor (HOPE) we are delighted to announce that HOPE continues the support for the life skill program for 2015. -Continue our partnership with AFID organization by having a volunteer, Eva, to improve our accounting system.

-Following collaboration with Pacific hotel, our young adults have gained work experience. -We warmly welcome our visitors who come from abroad.

-Mr. Chuot Chhunlim, financial

manager at Pacific hotel shared his work experience with SK students about front office work and responsibility.

- By collaboration with Chance2Study organization and Haven Vocation training center and Restaurant, four young adults are accepted for

university study and one year vocational training skill. - Throughout collaboration with (SEST)-NGOs Network and Chreav commune office in Siem Reap, we participated in a

quarterly meeting and a monthly meeting with them to exchange

experiences and challenges faced and to then find solutions among the attendees. - We continue partnership with Interweave organization for receiving volunteer placement. - We work in collaboration with public schools for student’s attendance and attainment.

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Changes Human Resource

After our new project coordinator resigned, we promoted our accountant, Pitou, to take over some

responsibilities of the project coordinator.

Website maintenance

We have improved our website package space by changing to a new hosting company.

Volunteers Welcome, and thanks to the past and current

volunteers, Eva, Markus, Nadja and Frank who have worked with our teachers, accountant and librarians to improve those areas of our

school.

Building Communication with Partners and Donors

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Staff Development and Training Staff training and capacity building have been ongoing throughout the past 6 months:

From July to December this year, a consultant, David is coaching and training our executive director on basic fundraising-proposal writing and concept note.

Four of our staff continue their studies at ACE to improve their English language skills. Our former volunteers and donors, Heather and Patrick (Diakam) visited our school and provided

teacher training on Cooperative Learning Strategy Review. Director Ravy conducted child protection workshops to our staff and students separately. Director Ravy and librarian David participated in a teacher training with HOPE Education in Phnom

Penh. Our librarian participated in a library training with Room to Read org in Siem Reap. Our volunteer from AFID, Eva, coached our accountant on QuickBooks Accounting, how to set up a

budget plan according to projects and donors, improve accounting code and fixed asset registration.

Football After skipping a football season for almost three months, in October this year our football team has been set up and continued training and coaching our students. We have four football teams: two boy teams for U13s, one girl team for U14s, and one boy team for U16s. Many thanks to our supporters who contribute their donation.

We have been participating in the Globalteer Junior Soccer League in Siem Reap. They play fantastically, grow in confidence, and show real team spirit.

Global Giving In July and October, we participated in Bonus Day-Online Fundraising with

Global Giving to find more donors and donations through online

fundraising. We will continue to work to raise essential funds for the

organization through this partner. We maintain our fundraising campaigns to

support our, “Enhance 200 Cambodians’ Lives through Education” and “Support Sexual

Education for Young Cambodians” projects. Funds are intended for use across all of our educational

programmes within the organization. We would appreciate you taking the time to have a look at our

page here, and to share it with your friends, colleagues, and family. It is a safe, secure way to give to

Salariin Kampuchea.

www.salariinkampuchea.org