http://cambcamb.org We traveled to the Cambridge Cambodian School in the village of Kauk Rovieng, Kampong Cham province, 65 km from Phnom Penh, a 1.5 hour drive. It is a middle school that was built with the funds raised by students in Cambridge, MA.. They also built a library there. While we were there, we presented…
Month: August 2016
Tree Alliance
http://tree-alliance.org/index.php TREE | Training Restaurants for Employment and Entrepreneurship This is a global alliance of training restaurants working to build futures for former street youth, marginalized young people and adults. They train them in the restaurant business so they can gain skills that will help keep them off the streets and allow them to have good jobs. There are…
ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS
The Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA) is an art university in Phnom Penh. Its origins date to the establishment of the École des arts cambodgiens in Phnom Penh in 1918. The school was closed in 1975 after the Khmer Rouge stepped in. It was re-opened in 1980 and has been operating ever since. It is an art college that is…
Kampong Chhnang
Campong Chhnang means “port of pottery”. You see this big beautiful vessel as you enter into this providence and drive around a round-about. This is the birthplace of pottery in Cambodia. Remnants of pottery can be found on the ground in places that date back as far as the 6th century. It was one of my favorite places we…
Lynne's Cambodia 