The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Koh Rumdori Nippon
Foundation School
Mrs. Kem Sokha is a teacher at the Koh Rumdori Nippon Foundation School.
She is seen her, second from the left, surrounded by a few of her co-workers
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I am 48 years old. Two of my four children are studying at this school. My husband is a farmer. I began teaching in 1982. I’ve always taught in this same area.
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| On the new building:
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We used to have problems with wind and rain. Whenever it rained or was windy, we had to cancel classes. We were afraid the building would collapse. When we built this new school, we decided to tear down half of the old school. We know that this new building is good for the students to study in, and we can guarantee their safety. It’s also more interesting for them to study in.
We used to have ten classrooms and 13 classes. Now the number of students has increased. Before the new school was built, some of the students were studying at a pagoda, underneath the monks’ residence. In those days, many students used to stop their studies after half a year. Some families were poor and needed their children to work; when the raining season started, many students got lazy, since they knew classes would probably be cancelled anyway. Now, with the new school, these problems have stopped. The number of students only keeps increasing.
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