EDventure School and Community Development Centre

EDventure is creating this opportunity by building a school and community centre in the Community of Phum Ou Village, Cambodia to provide free education and job skills training. Along with our major sponsors LendCare Capital Inc. We have been able to complete Phase One of this project to build a structure. We now need your help to create a sustainable structure for quality education!

You can help us to not only make a difference, but rather ‘Make an Impact’ in the community of Phum Ou.

We will do the hard work and uphold our end of the bargain to deliver these items, listed to your right, directly to the school whilst documenting this with photo and video evidence so you see directly where your hard earned money is going. We will connect you as much as possible with the project so you can see its ongoing development.

Below is a clear outline of our plans for the project. We are seeking sponsorships for Phase Two and Three of the project. We would like to sincerely thank LendCare Capital Inc. of Toronto, Canada for sponsoring Phase One of the project. http://lendcare.ca/en/

We would also like say a massive thank you to all of our EDventure Cambodian participants who have been a part of this project so far. Without your motivation, drive, and passion we would not be able to complete this project. Your funding provided from your fees has also been paramount to establish the 'building blocks' of what will be an incredible education facility. This has enabled the set up of this project, training of local contractors, planning and documentation required to create something of this scope and calibre, and furthermore its ongoing execution as an educational institution.

Don’t forget to check out our introduction video at the top of this page. Or click on this link ~ http://youtu.be/Ww-xV-Y2-Bk

If you would prefer to deposit via direct bank transfer to our bank account please find the details below. Please also remember to email and identify which item you would like your payment to go towards. ~  jamie@edventureintl.com

 Australian Bank Details:

Account Name: EDventure Worldwide

BSB: 033031

Account: 287324

 Our Proposal

  • Build an educational institution that offers free education for children and young adults from the surrounding poor and impoverished community.
  • Create a space that will also be utilised by the community for community-based development initiatives. i.e. health education, language education to improve employment opportunities, information sessions focused on sustainable farming initiatives, community meetings and skill based education sessions.

Purpose

  • Create a sustainable community-run asset that offers free education to children who do not have access to educational resources, i.e. schoolbooks and teaching staff.
  • Empower the local community to improve their living standards.
  • Create a space for the local community to meet, collaborate and deliver valuable community services, i.e. health information, adult learning opportunities, community meetings etc…
  • Prepare the children of rural Siem Reap, Cambodia for success in the continually developing global and local economic landscape.
  • Promote community awareness and empowerment though education and community involvement

Project Location

Phum Ou Village, Kandek Commune, Brasat Bakorng District, Siem Reap Province Cambodia.

Current Situation

The students that we are benefiting live on the poverty line. These students and their families live traditionally: growing rice and vegetables on small plots of land, depending solely on a successful crop to provide enough food and income for the family. However, due to the vulnerability of the private farming industry, the families’ income is unstable and quite often temperamental. The students we will be teaching, work with their parents in order to survive and to keep the family out of complete economic disparity. As a result, education is often tossed to the wayside and seen as unimportant. Cambodia, and this community in particular are entering a new stage of modernisation: farmland is being sold to property developers, and the tourism industry is booming. As a result, there will not be enough land to support this young generation to continue the tradition of subsistence farming without greater education and awareness. As it’s abundantly clear, the children are at grave risk of being part of the poverty cycle’s repetition, without some intervention, to develop access to quality education. Therefore, this school will be designed to create opportunities for the community and it’s younger generation to empower themselves to improve their quality of life.

Operations Overview

All building materials will be locally sourced and expert advice will be sought in country to provide jobs to locals from within the village.

Phase one - Sponsored by LendCare Capital Inc:  http://lendcare.ca/en/

  • Level the land
  • Construct the first building which will house two classrooms
  • Construct lavatory (necessary to support sanitary education)
  • Provide Electricity to the newly built structure

This stage will allow the school to begin operating and to promote itself to the local communities and seek further funding and support to deliver its educational outcomes.

Phase two

  • Supply the school with all the operational and educational resources it requires
  • Construct and purchase desks, tables, whiteboards, erasers, markers, chairs, clocks, fans, text books, workbooks and reading books for teacher and student use. (Priority)

Phase Three

  • Build a sustainable agricultural facility to promote nutrition and community involvement. These facilities will be designed to create a surplus of varied produce. They will not only provide the students with a more balanced nutrition but will provide enough excess produce to be sold at market, with all profits going towards educational resources required by the school.
  • Maintain existing infrastructure (classrooms, facilities, road)
  • Construct an auxiliary building to house a small library and repair the old existing makeshift classroom.
  • Construct an auxiliary lavatory for staff and teaching volunteers
  • Construct a playground to provide a space for the children to play.

Goals and Objectives

It is our absolute intent to instil educational value to families that would put a stop to the cyclic nature of poverty. Utilising education as a vessel, we intend to empower the children of these rural communities to have control over their personal, educational, and financial futures. Provide community skill-based education to create opportunities intended to develop and further sustain agriculture structures. Develop health initiatives and training for community groups that can provide sustainable forms of income.

Background:Educational and Social context: Cambodia

Cambodia is currently in a challenging dynamic. The influences of the scars are still felt from its horrific past where the Khmer Rouge eradicated the intelligent population of the country in the early 70’s. A generation later, job opportunities are growing, along with a rapidly rising tourism industry. Whilst some opportunity exists, broad corruption means that Cambodians receive minimal to zero social support, whilst the value and quality of education truly remains below standard.

Many families are living on or below the poverty line and, while the value of education is understood, the temperamental rice farming conditions result with families living hand to mouth and would prefer their children to stay with them to work on the land, rather than be away at school.

The unique demographics present in Cambodia currently see 50% of the population under the age of 25 years old. The social development of the country has impressively adopted an attitude of always having a sunny disposition, despite their every right to be full of angst and frustration with what was taken from them. Rather, they take the opinion that they are lucky to have any educational opportunities they may lay before them.

This younger population is desperate to capitalise on any opportunity to progress themselves as individuals and view any form of education as a true privilege.

Therefore, this is a very unique situation whereby Cambodians are desperate to learn; however, lack the capability to provide educational opportunities to their own communities. EDventure strongly feels that as educators, we have a duty to provide the broader community with an understanding of the benefits of education and provide ongoing skills based training to empower them to find alternative ways for their families to produce enough money to put food on the table. We currently have a solid and binding connection with the community and are very confident that they will significantly benefit from the positive impact of building this school and community centre.

Assessing the current demographic:

Currently we have local teaching volunteers speaking with families in the surrounding village about the development of this new and exciting opportunity for the younger generation and community alike.

Information provided to the families will be structured to highlight the benefits of sending their children to school, the wider benefits of education and how this development will provide broader opportunities for their community.

Our Khmer school director and head teacher, will be spending time with community leaders to develop a more in-depth plan in relation to how the space can be utilised best by the community.


$10,394
Pledged of $14,526 Goal
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Let me introduce you to EDventure International’s major project for educational and community development within the impoverished region of Brasat Bakorng District, Siem Reap Province. Cambodia.

Whiteboard for the Classroom: $50.00
A quality wall mounted whiteboard, 2m x 1.5m.
Limit: 3 of 3 Taken
Student Desks : $50.00
Students desks to seat 3-4 students per desk. Sturdy long lasting desks for the classrooms.
Limit: 8 of 30 Taken
Whiteboard Markers : $20.00
20 Refillable whiteboard markers valued at $1 each. Various colours for teachers to use on classroom whiteboards.
Limit: 1 of 1 Taken
Whiteboard Marker Ink Refill Bottles: $22.40
20 Bottles of Ink to refill whiteboard markers. Each are valued at $1.12 each. This is an eco friendly way to replace markers and save money that is better spent elsewhere.
Limit: 0 of 1 Taken
Whiteboard Erasers: $12.00
6 Whiteboard erasers valued at $2 each.
Limit: 1 of 1 Taken
Teachers Desk: $50.00
A sturdy long lasting teachers desk.
Limit: 2 of 2 Taken
Fans: $45.00
Fans for the classrooms to create more airflow and a better learning environment. The weather in Cambodia is hot and tropical and therefore these fans are a crucial part of keeping the classrooms cool enough so students can focus on their work. We shall purchase 6 fans for the school at $45 each. It is important to buy quality fans as they will last much longer and are significantly more energy efficient.
Limit: 1 of 6 Taken
Teachers Chair: $40.00
A good quality long lasting teachers chair.
Limit: 1 of 2 Taken
Classroom Clocks: $40.00
A long lasting clock for classroom one and two to show the time and to be utilised an educational resource for learning the concept of time. Each clock is $20
Limit: 1 of 1 Taken
Clock - Classroom Three: $20.00
A clock for classroom three to show the time and an educational resource for learning the concept of time.
Limit: 1 of 1 Taken
5 Text Books (Class Set): $25.00
A set of 5 class text books that have been carefully selected and prepared by the EDventure team to ensure the greatest impact of the curriculum. Each text book is valued at $5 each. In total we are purchasing 150 text books.
Limit: 5 of 5 Taken
10 Text Books - Class Set: $50.00
A set of 10 class text books that have been carefully selected and prepared by the EDventure team to ensure the greatest impact of the curriculum. Each text book is valued at $5 each. In total we are purchasing 150 text books.
Limit: 4 of 5 Taken
25 Text Books - Class Set: $125.00
A set of 25 class text books that have been carefully selected and prepared by the EDventure team to ensure the greatest impact of the curriculum. Each text book is valued at $5 each. In total we are purchasing 150 text books.
Limit: 1 of 3 Taken
5 Student Workbooks: $25.00
Set of 5 student blank workbooks. These workbooks will be for students to record their notes of lessons and any required homework. We need to purchase 150 books valued at $5 each.
Limit: 3 of 5 Taken
10 Student Workbooks: $50.00
Set of 10 student blank workbooks. These workbooks will be for students to record their notes of lessons and any required homework. We need to purchase 150 books valued at $5 each.
Limit: 3 of 5 Taken
25 Student Workbooks : $125.00
Set of 25 student blank workbooks. These workbooks will be for students to record their notes of lessons and any required homework. We need to purchase 150 books valued at $5 each.
Limit: 2 of 3 Taken
Teacher Salary for two months: $220.00
This salary will provide remuneration for teaching efforts for two months. This is an above the average Cambodia wage. We will pay a quality teacher a reasonable wage to ensure the high quality education and dedication to developing the school long term.
Limit: 1 of 3 Taken
Teacher Salary for three months: $330.00
This salary will provide remuneration for teaching efforts for three months. This is an above the average Cambodia wage. We will pay a quality teacher a reasonable wage to ensure the high quality education and dedication to developing the school long term.
Limit: 1 of 2 Taken
Salary for Director of the School and Head Teacher - Mr. Sarath. ~ One Month: $160.00
This salary will provide remuneration for continued development of the curriculum, facilities and general oversight of the school by Mr Sarath the director and head teacher.
Limit: 1 of 3 Taken
Salary for Director of the School and Head Teacher - Mr. Sarath. ~ Three Months: $480.00
This salary will provide remuneration for continued development of the curriculum, facilities and general oversight of the school by Mr Sarath the director and head teacher.
Limit: 0 of 1 Taken
Salary for Director of the School and Head Teacher - Mr. Sarath. ~ Six Month: $960.00
This salary will provide remuneration for continued development of the curriculum, facilities and general oversight of the school by Mr Sarath the director and head teacher.
Limit: 1 of 1 Taken
Pencils for classroom use: $5.00
Two boxes of grey led pencils.
Limit: 2 of 10 Taken
Stickers : $5.00
Packet of stickers to be used as rewards and motivation for students
Limit: 1 of 5 Taken
Khmer / English Story Books: $20.00
Pack of three story books that has both Khmer and English language to develop reading comprehension of students.
Limit: 2 of 10 Taken
One Term of Professional language and teacher training at ACE School Siem Reap for Sarath Proeun: $160.00
One Term of Professional teacher development for Mr Sarath Proeun (Leading Teacher). Providing a teacher with additional English training and in depth English education at ACE School (Australian Centre for Education) This is the best school for language and teacher training in Cambodia.
Limit: 1 of 4 Taken
Phase one of building the EDventure/LendCare School & Community Centre: $6,757.00
This contribution has been made by our major sponsor LendCare Capital Inc. - http://lendcare.ca/ This will enable us to level the land and lay a solid foundation of the school. On this site it will be building the operational classrooms, a bathroom and providing electricity fo that students will be able to attend school of the evening. We are extremely proud to be working together with LendCare International and highly respect their continued focus towards corporate social responsibility.
Limit: 1 of 1 Taken
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