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.

To Be Selected

Kun Sona is 14 years old, She is studying at grade 7 A of Hikari school at Songkea village, Snoul commune, Kralanh district, in Siem Reap province.

Kun Sona is the fifth child of her family and she has 3 sisters and 2 brothers. Her father’s name is Ki Kun. He is 63 years old (died) and her mother’s name is Morng Eak. She is 56 years old. And they are farmers. Kun Sona lives with her mother in Taseng Village, that far from school about 7 km, and she goes to school by her friend. Her family is poor because her mother is the widow and owned half hectare of farmland for growing rice. The rice can produce 500 to 1000kg of rice in per year. After the rice’s yield collection her mother raising chicken duck and fishing for their daily consumption and her brother, sister help to support the family. As for Kun Sona, she studies very hard and she is a good student in the class. After school, she helps her mother cooking food, do housework and growing chicken. In her free time, she likes to read the books and review the lessons from school.

For Kun Sona’s future goal: She wants to be a teacher Primary school in her village to earn money to support her family. And she wants to help all the kid in her village.

Date posted: January, 2019