Girls Be Ambitious

A program that enables girls who are unable to go to school due conditions of poverty to attend one of our rural schools and receive an education instead of having to work in the fields, do chores at home or take care of siblings.

Nang Soley Pisey

Nang Soley Pisey was born on April 4th, 2004 in TaTheav Village, Chey Commune, Kampong Svay District, Kampong Thom Province. She is a student in 8th grade at The Kozak Ohana School # 285 or Trapaing Arak Secondary School. It is located in Trapaing Arak Village, Chey Commune, Kampong Svay District, Kampong Thom Province.

Pisey has one younger sister and they both live with her grandmother and uncle, as her parents abandoned them when they were very young.  Both of the parents remarried and never came to visit their daughters again. Pisey’s grandmother and uncle are very poor, and they all live in poverty.  The family owns one hectare of land in which can be used to produce 700kgs of rice per year. It is a low yield for her family and it is not enough to feed the family for long. So Pisey’s uncle works in construction, earning 16,000 R to 20,000R ($4 to $5) in a day to help to support the family and Pisey’s studies. Pisey hopes to be a good teacher in the future.

Date Posted: February, 2018