ពីកម្មការនីរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរ ក្លាយជាម្ចាស់ហាងដេរសំលៀកបំពាក់បរទេស (Khmer Version)

ចិន្តា​ អាយុ៣២ឆ្នាំ​ជា​ស្ថាបនិក​ហាងដេរសំលៀកបំពាក់ដាម៉ូត Damode ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ

​។ ចិន្ដា​ជាអ្នកស្រុកជនបទមួយរូបក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ពោធិ​សាត់​។ នាង​បាន​សម្រេច​ចិត្ត​ ​ចាក​ចេញ​ពី​គ្រួសារ​ព្រោះចិន្ដា បានប្រលង​ធ្លាក់ថ្នាក់​ទី​៩​ ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ 2000 បន្ទាប់មក បានទៅ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ជាកម្មការនីរោងចក្រ​កាត់​ដេរ​មួយ​នៅ​ក្នុង​រាជ​ធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​។ ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ជិត 10 ម៉ោង​ក្នុង​មួយ​ថ្ងៃ ​និង 6 ឬ 7 ថ្ងៃ​ បូកនឹងថែមម៉ោងទៀត​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ចុង​ស​ប្តា​ហ៍​។​ ចិន្ដា «​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ខ្ញុំ​ប្រលងធ្លាក់ថ្នាក់ទី៩មក ​ខ្ញុំ​មាន​អារម្មណ៍ថាហាក់ដូចជាមិនដឹងត្រូវទៅណានោះ​ឡើយ​​ព្រោះ​ខ្ញុំ​មិន​ដឹង​ថា​ ​នឹង​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ​បន្ទាប់​ទៀត ​ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​របស់​ខ្ញុំ​គឺ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្ថានភាព​ក្រីក្រ​និង​បងប្អូន៦នាក់ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងបន្ទុកគ្រួសារ នេះជា​មូល​ហេតុ​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​សម្រេច​ចិត្ត​ចាក​ចេញ​ពី​ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​របស់​ខ្ញុំ​ក្នុង​គោល​បំណង​ដើម្បី​រក​ប្រាក់​ចំណូល​សម្រាប់ខ្លួន និងគ្រួសារខ្លះ។ ខ្ញុំធ្វើការទទួលបាន ២០ ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក ក្នុង​មួយ​ខែ​។ ពេល​ខ្លះ​ខ្ញុំ​​ធ្វើ​ការ​ថែម​ម៉ោង​ដើម្បី​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​បន្ថែម​ទៀត "។

បន្ទាប់​ពី​ធ្វើ​ការ​នៅ​រោង​ចក្រ​កាត់​ដេរ​ជិត​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ​ ចិន្ដាបានត្រលប់ទៅស្រុកកំណើត​វិញ​។ "​ខ្ញុំត្រឡប់​ទៅ​ស្រុក​កំណើត​វិញ​ដោយ​សារ​តែ​ខ្ញុំ​គិត​ថា​ការ​ធ្វើ​ការក្នុងរោងចក្រ​កាត់ដេរ​ ​ខ្ញុំ​មិន​អាច​រៀន​អ្វី​នោះ​ទេ​ គឺ​ធ្វើ​ការ​តែ​នៅ​ក្រោម​តែបង្គាប់គេ ​មិន​អាច​ជ​ម្រុ​ញ​ខ្លួន​ឯងអោយមាន​ភាព​ប្រសើរ​ឡើង​ទេ​»​។ ​ត្រឡប់​មក​វិញ​ចិន្ដាទៅរៀនដេរសំលៀកបំពាក់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​ប្រហែល​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ​​ ហើយ​​បាន​ធ្វើ​ការ​ជាជាងដេរសំលៀកបំពាក់ដោយខ្លួនឯង​នៅ​​ផ្សារ​ខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​​។ នៅ​ឆ្នាំ 2003 ចិន្ដា​បាន​សម្រេច​ចិត្ត​ទៅ​នៅ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​ជា​ថ្មី​ម្តង​ទៀត​ដើម្បី​ធ្វើការ​ជាជាងដេរ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ហាកាត់​ដេរ​មួយកន្លែងនៅ​ជិត​ផ្សារ​ទួល​ទំពូង​។ ធ្វើ​ការ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ហាង​នេះ​នាង​បាន​ទទួល​ប្រាក់​មួយ​ចំនួន​​អាច​ជួយ​ផ្គត់ផ្គង់​ដល់​ការ​ចំណាយ​ប្រចាំ​ថ្ងៃ​របស់​នាង​ប៉ុន្តែ​នៅ​តែមិនគ្រប់គ្រាន់ឡើយ។ លើស​ពី​នេះ​ទៀត​ហាង​កាត់ដេរ​នេះ​គឺ​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ដេរ​សំលៀកបំពាក់សម្រាប់​ជន​បរទេស​​។ ដូច្នេះ​ចិន្ដាមាន​ឱកាស​ក្នុងការពង្រឹង​ការដេរសំលៀកបំពាក់កាន់តែប្រសើរថែមទៀត។​

មិនយូរប៉ុន្មានចិន្ដាបាន​ឈប់​ធ្វើការ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ហាង​កាត់ដេរ​នោះ​។ ចិន្ដាបានទៅ​រស់​នៅ​ជាមួយ​ម្តាយ​មីង​របស់​នាង​និងដេរ​ដោយ​ ​ឲ្យអតិថិជនដោយខ្លួនឯង ​ដែល​មិន​មែន​ស្ថិត​ក្រោម​ការ​គ្រប់គ្រង​ដទៃ។ ចិន្ដា "ខ្ញុំ​ទៅស្នាក់រស់នៅ​ជាមួយ​មីង​របស់​ខ្ញុំ​នៅ​ជិត​ផ្សារ​ថ្មីនៅ​ក្នុង​សណ្ឋាគារ​មួយ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​បោះបង់ចោល​បន្ទាប់​ពីសម័យ​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​។ ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ស្នាក់នៅ​ជាមួយគាត់​ជិត​ពីរ​ឆ្នាំ​​ ​ខ្ញុំ​មាន​ម៉ាស៊ីន​ដេរ​ផ្ទាល់​ខ្លួន​របស់​ខ្ញុំ ​ខ្ញុំ​អាច​ដេរ​សម្រាប់​អតិថិជន​មួយ​ចំនួន​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ស្គាល់​ខ្លះ​ពី​ហាងកាត់ដេរ​ធ្លាប់ធ្វើ។ ​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ទៅសណ្ឋាគារ​មួយ​ចំនួន​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​ក្នុង​គោល​បំណង​ដើម្បី​ស្នើ​សុំ​ឱ្យ​ដាក់លក់ស​ម្លៀ​ក​បំពាក់​ដែល​ ​ខ្ញុំ​បានដេរ​ ​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ទទួល​ការ​យល់​ព្រម​ឲ្យដាក់លក់សំលៀកបំពាក់ក្នុងសណ្ឋាគារមួយចំនួន​។ ខ្ញុំ​ស្គាល់​ម្ចាស់​ហាង​មួយ​ចំនួន​ផ្សេង​ទៀត​នៅ​តាមមាត់​ទន្លេ​ដែល​លក់វត្ថុ​អនុស្សាវរីយ៍ និង​សំលៀកបំពាក់បែបបរទេស។

នៅ​ឆ្នាំ 2006 អតិថិជន​ជា​ច្រើន​ចាប់​ផ្តើ​ម​ទទួល​ស្គាល់​ជាពិសេស​ជនបរទេស​។ នាង​បាន​សម្រេច​ចិត្តជួលផ្ទះ​សម្រាប់​អាជីវកម្ម​ផ្ទាល់​ខ្លួន​មួយ ​។ ពីរ​ឆ្នាំ​ក្រោយមក​ឆ្នាំ 2008 ចិន្ដា​បាន​ផ្លាស់​ប្តូ​រ​ទៅ​ជួល​ផ្ទះ​មួយ​ដែល​ទំហំ​ធំ​ជាង​មុនបន្ដិចនៅ​ជិត​វិមានឯករាជ្យ​។ បច្ចុប្បន្ន ចិន្ដា​មាន​បុគ្គលិក​ពីរ​នាក់​និង​សិក្ខាកាម​២នាក់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ហាង​របស់​នាង​។ ការងារជាជាងកាត់ដេរសំលៀកបំពាក់​ពិតជាមិន​ងាយស្រួល និងមានការ​គិតច្រើនខ្លាំង។  ចិន្ដា "ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ជួបនិង​បញ្ហា​ជា​ច្រើន​ប៉ុន្តែ​ខ្ញុំ​មិន​ដែល​បោះបង់ឡើយ​ កាន់តែជួបបញ្ហា កាន់តែធ្វើឲ្យខ្ញុំមានភាពរឹងមាំ" ។

ចិន្ដា​​ចង់​ឱ្យ​មនុស្ស​ផ្សេង​ទៀត​មិន​ត្រូវ​បោះបង់​អ្វី​ដែល​ពួក​គេ​កំពុង​ធ្វើនោះទេ ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​ពួក​គេ​មិនទាន់​បាន​ឈាន​ដល់​គោល​ដៅ​របស់​ពួក​គេ​ ហើយ​សម្រាប់​អ្នក​ដែល​មិន​បាន​ទទួល​ការ​អប់រំ​ខ្ពស់​ សូម​កុំ​មាន​ការ​អស់​សង្ឃឹម​។ ចិន្ដា «​ខ្ញុំ​គិត​ថា​ទោះ​បី​ជា​យើង​មិន​បាន​ទទួល​ការអប់រំ​គ្រប់គ្រាន់​ល្អ​ដូច​អ្នក​ដទៃ ប៉ុន្តែ​វា​មិន​មែន​មាន​ន័យ​ថា​យើង​មិន​អាច​ទទួល​បាន​ជោគជ័យ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អនាគត់​ឡើយ ​ដូច្នេះ​ត្រូវ​រក្សាជំហ៊រ នូវអ្វី​ដែល​អ្នក​កំពុង​ធ្វើ "។

What do you think about volunteering work?

Volunteering work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zScZta9Nb7c&feature=youtu.be

From a garment factory worker to a Dressmaker

Miss. Chenda, 32, is now a dressmaker and the founder of Damode in Phnom Penh. Before she became a dressmaker and run her own shop she used to work as a garment factory worker one year in Phnom Penh. Actually, she is from an isolated rural village in Pursat province. She decided to leave the family because she failed two times of grade nine examinations in 2000 then she left her family to work in one of the garment factory in Phnom Penh. She worked almost 10 hours per day and 6 or 7 days including extra time on weekend. “After I failed the grade 9 two times, I felt nowhere to go because I did not know what I am going to do next, my family was in the poor condition and had 6 siblings under the family's support, and they were all students too, that’s why I decided to leave my family in order to earn money and that time I got about 40 USD$ per month. Sometimes, I had to work extra time to get more money, said Chenda”.

After working in the garment factory almost one year, she stopped working in that factory to go back her homeland. She said “Going back to my homeland because I thought working as the garment factory I could not learn anything just only work under the other’s control and could not boost myself to get more improved”. When she came back she also went to study how to sew the women dress in Pursat province about one year, and she worked as a sewer in Pursat market. In 2003, she decided to go Phnom Penh again to work as a sewer in the tailor shop near Toul Tompoung Market. Working in this shop, she got some money which could support her daily expense, but still not much. Furthermore, this tailor shop is mostly sewing for western and many foreigners came to that shop. So she could have a chance get improved the skill in making dress, but not Khmer traditional dress.

 Chenda, still wanted to move out, and finally she stopped working in that tailor shop. She moved to live with her aunt and sew by herself for the customers, not under other’s control. “I moved to live with my aunt near Central market at the third storage in the hotel which was banished after the Khmer Rouge. I lived with her almost two years and I have my own sewing machine, I could sew for some customers who I have known some from the former shop I worked for. Not only from this shop, but I had been some hotel in Phnom Penh in order to ask for any dress needed that I could sew for them, yeah I got some approval.  I have known some other shop owners near the river-side who sale souvenirs and dresses; the shop owners gave me a chance to sew for them and I got some money, she said”.

In 2006, her business got a bit more improved; many customers start recognizing her more and more, especially western-people. She decided to leave her aunt to rent the house for her own business. Still she had only herself working for her own. Two years later, 2008, she moved to rent another house which bigger than this one near Independent monument. Now she has two staffs and two trainees in her shop. she said “I faced many challenges but I have never given up my effort, the more challenges I faces the more my efforts I try”.

She also wants other people not give up on what they are doing even they have not reached their goal and for those who did not get higher education, please don't be hopeless. “I think even we do not get good enough education like others, but it does not mean we cannot succeed in the next future, so keep going on what you are doing”.  In the future, she wants to provide the training on dress sewing for those who are interested in making cloth and dressmaker.

Living by your own

I remembered that when I was kid,10, I always thought my parents always support myself until I am old enough. yet, this view was just the dream because when I have grown up and become adult. My father died since I was 10-year. My view started changing from then; I do not know what happened in my intrinsic, or maybe it was my fate ? I am sure that when my father had gone, gone forever and I will never ever have chance to meet him again. Yeah, he had gone . So only mother and others six siblings living in the family under mother's support. How was everything goes on, my mother is a bit old and she had no education since Khmer Rough, during this region many people did not get enough education and most people were killed, and the family lives in the isolated village in the rural and what could my family does to support the condition of living ? my elder sister was just the factory worker, my second brother was just grade 8 or 9, third sister was just grade 7, my fourth brother was grade 5 , my youngest sister was grade 2 and I was grade 3. So only my elder sister who could earn little money to support the family and mother just had a small vegetable farm which could earn  at most 100 000 Riel=25$.  These are the reasons that I thought I have to move a way from home, far from home to pursue my study. I asked for my cousin family who live in Phnom Penh. Yeah to live with, surprisingly, they approved me to live with them. This, I  had been changed my view, changed my view because I am away from family to live a lone. And It's time to live by my own. The feeling when kid is away from the whole family, could you imagine what do you feel to that kid's feel?

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Beggar

Walking along the street in the city, I have seen some of the beggars asking for money from people who travelling pass them, especially at the traffic stop. Some beggars even sleep at the edge of the road at night time, and they have no place to go! Yeah it is possibly no place. I wonder why there are so many beggars in Cambodia, it is just my observation. Actually, I myself have never given money to them while they asking for money from me and other people. It does not mean I am so selfish, but I just wonder what if I give money to them and what will they take that money use for? However, I used to give small money to some beggars either, if I feel that people would use that money in a right way.  Yet I still do not know whether they use it in a right way or not. Do you think there are many things that beggars can do instead of asking for money on the road?

Picture by Phnom Penh Post

Have they ever thought to be a dish cleaner at some restaurants in some places instead of begging? I do not know their mind. Have they thought they can to be a dish cleaner or other work is hard for them to do? I question myself what if I were them, or I have no chance to do other things besides begging? what if they are disabled people? what can they do ? I think it would be come from the mindset that people just want to do thing which is easy to do, not to try hard and then get it very easy just like begging. Is begging easy to do? Yes, no? I thought it is never easy to be a beggar. Yet, beggars might think it is easy to be beggar. That’s why they do it. Or No, it is because of the poverty make them to be beggars. Poverty is the main root which causes poor people to do that. Is it really because of poverty? It might be come from homeless that’s why they beg. Homeless, how can they survive! And why they are homeless? Because of education, maybe.  Why education? People can access to education also because of poverty. So how can we help homeless people to have shelter? Ask the government to help?  Ask the foreign investment to build home for them and give them opportunity to access schooling? So where is the money to get invest? Government gives land concession to investors? It would be have a proper solution to solve this problem out so what is your idea to solve this issue? 

Word Of the Day

Cambodian Traffic Polices’ life

What do you think about Cambodian traffic polices’ life? Or would they happy to do this work?

Alright, if you are Cambodian people you may know more than foreigners or foreigners may know more than you, sometimes-- Moreover, traffic in Cambodia is very noisy, especially in Phnom Penh city or target tourism provinces.  Being a passenger passing on some roads traffic lights, some roads do not have traffic lights, you may see some polices are doing their hard job.

When pass the traffic light or somewhere else, have you ever noticed what are they doing? Or have you imagined the traffic polices'life look like? However, would they be valued, respected or satisfied by their citizens or passengers who are driving? I am not going to answer all these questions. If you see this article I want you express your point of view even you are Cambodian or not.     

When people drive to somewhere even their workplaces, schools, or wherever, I believe they see polices are working hard to avoid traffic jam (mostly during the national festivals/holidays in the morning, around 7:00am to 8:00am and evening at 5:00pm to 9:00 pm). You will hear the whistle from the middle of the road, they seem like pedestrians-this is what polices are doing, it is risky yet they have to do it. They, polices, try to manage the traffic to avoid any bad traffic jam and to help it citizens to travel safety. But the thing is even they are trying to so, some passengers do not respect them, people try to go beyond without listening to polices.

Even some people do not respect them, yet they (polices) still keep doing their work while sweat is coming out and risky work.  You know why most of polices in Cambodia are doing this while other countries polices do not need to whistle much in the middle of the roads.  Because some people in Cambodia do not respect the traffic light or sign and that’s why polices try doing this when the roads are being noised. Still some people do not listen them at all, people just want to go, and they (passengers) do not care the other people who also travel on that road. They go fast and sometimes they cause accident happen, especially with some of the high rang people who pass on this, they (traffic polices) can be threatened by this high rang people due to the power can make them afraid. I notice some traffic polices   stand on a piece of pedestal to control traffic.  What the work is! How pity they are!

Look at another side to their condition of their living, they (polices) get little salary if compare to other works, and they work under the sun or in the rain. How can they live with less than two hundred US dollar per month? What if they have family with four members or more than this?  How can they pay for their breakfast, lunch and dinner and for their children? Some of them may work extra time, not only do they work as traffic police, but they also work as Moto tub driver or other works  to earn more money to support their family.

Okay, this is just my piece of view. What about you, people? What do you think about traffic polices? 

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Words of the Day!

Obstacle

A short video of the ICS Cambodia volunteers -Cycle 2-Stung Treng -July-October, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zScZta9Nb7c&feature=youtu.be

VSO/ICS programme, July-October 2014, Stung Treng Cambodia

Experiences during the ICS programme

The workshop on the Effective Readiness for Job employment Opportunities, 7-8 September 2014

After the ICT, the team departed to Stung Treng province to work with the NGO I had selected. My team has 3 Khmer volunteers and 2 UK volunteers worked with PyD which focus on job employment and to promote the Women’s Development Center service. The group had to move away from the initial ICS team plan which had a focus on supporting the work of the job employment service. This was due to PYD making it clear to us that they felt the service was not at a stage yet where they could handle an influx of interest in it, which would be generated by holding events promoting it. As such, it was brought to the group's attention that another focus of PYD’s is supporting the work of local CBO’s, especially around issues to do with gender and education. Cycle one had also highlighted in their handover report that lack of education was a major impact on jobseekers. As such the group moved its focus to working on the proposals of the local CBO’s.  We worked with the CBO on their proposal with two activities. For the first, we focused on the importance of the education for children which was conducted on August 28th 2014. It was run successfully, since we cooperated well with CBO, or CWGG.

To achieve this the team and I had a meeting and negotiated for almost 3 hours, to discuss and find out the point which one CWGG wanted to do and which one PyD team want to do on the session (meeting was in Khmer due to CWGG could not speak English). On the other hand, all every event succeeds because of the team work, even I sometimes had challenges in the team, but I still worked with the team to find the solution. In the team, I had worked so hard, although I had different language barriers with the UK volunteers. I tried to listen and think carefully. I had good relationship not only in the team, but also with the NGOs I worked with. I can say that my communication has been improving throughout this program. For instance, before doing the event the team and I always had the meeting with CWGG and BBU to hold the workshop. I had contacted and talked and chit-chatted along in a good way; it was great that I could do it with my team to run the events smoothly. Moreover, it taught me about the public speaking (even on GCD, events run by team..). I did not believe that this program gave me a lot of opportunities to talk in front of many people. I did not feel confident enough before giving a talk, yet during the GCD session I could make the session more interesting to all volunteers. My other partner and I worked and understood each other so that my GCD run smoothly and the other pairs followed the activities of my session. On the other hand, during the workshop I could do it, especially when I was giving a talk at the University event that I could make all participants laugh and interested in my session. More experiences were learnt from cross-cultural; as we were born with different perspective, I  still learnt from each other as from the UK volunteers that some of them worked very quickly and came up with many ideas that I sometimes really appreciated them so much. Last but not least, about solving   problem and exactly, whatever we do, it always has mistake or problem, just it is small or big. Even it is small if we do not deal with it in time, it would become a big one that affect to the whole team. So as I experienced during working with the team or with the other, the team and I discussed to find the solution. Example, One of the small issues was when the team had a meeting with CWGG about the event, first the team thought that it was great that we can make the event with them, but after the meeting, CWGG had talked with PyD that CWGG should have involved more than this. However, after the team knew the problem, I had phoned to CWGG to have another meeting again in order to know about the main problem and share the responsibilities equally. That’s why the team and I had a long meeting due to the team had many things to discuss. And lastly, both teams found the solution and we worked together well during the event. All in all, I have been changed because of joining with the ICS program for three months and this was another step that I can move myself to be more productive in the near future. Everything can be changed and changing started from me. Try it do it, face it solve it with positive thought even it cannot be solved a hundred percent, yet at least it is better than nothing. 

And this video shows you about the activities what we had done! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zScZta9Nb7c

VSO Cambodia

International Youth Day-VSO/ICS 2014 (ទិវាយុវជនអន…: http://youtu.be/Plw8bav9xSg

Community Action Day-VSO/ICS Cambodia

សកម្មភាពរបស់យុវជនស្ម័គ្រចិត្តរបស់​VSO/ICS Cambodia: http://youtu.be/2j8bFjSuRsE

VSO/ ICS Cambodia-Stung Treng Team

VSO/ICS programme

After a week training, on 25 July 2014 our group left Phnom Penh to Stung Treng and Ratanakiry province where we are going to work for three months. A day after we arrived, in the morning the team had a meeting in order to set up team contract and team committees (MPR, CAD,Debrief, M&E, Social, Media and communication). At the night time, the team prepared some stuffs to welcome our host families who we are going to live with. Welcoming pictures drawn by UK counterparts as they are at the first time in Cambodia, yet they could do it well, like how to bow when we meet old people. In the morning, before we met our host family, we traveled by tuk tuk to see where our NGO is which we base and to see some places in the town of Stung Treng. Around 10 am we arrived at the guest house where we temporarily stayed to meet our host families. We waited them around 2 hours, th

en at 11.30 am our host families arrived, however, we had not known who are our host family.  Host families arrived we said the welcoming words to surprise them; they were happy. The first thing, the team was given a game in order to play before knowing our host family.  After playing game, my UK counterpart also another national were provided a piece of paper which was written fingers on it and so did our host family. We did not know who our host family, we called them host dad/mom, unless we found those who had the same sign. Spending a few minutes to find our host dad/mom then we found our host brother, he does not have wife so we call him host brother, he is handsome, friendly, and he also has his own small business whose name is Guitar Milk; it seemed that we were very lucky to live in this host family. We talked, shared some knowledge and introduced to each other; my host brother can also speak English well, so we did not have any difficulty in conversation with him and my UK counterpart. After talking we had lunch together at that guest house with the other host families before going to our host home. Lunch time was gone, we all were sent to our host family separately. Arriving at the host home, we felt very excited to be at this host home.

My host home in which i live during this programme.

First day here, we were welcomed by host family and the best thing is that we were provided a free of green tea for each. In the evening we had dinner with host family and seemed that we have known each other and talked happily.

My UK counterpart and another national volunteer had dinner with the host family together .

International Youth Day ICS 2014 (ទិវាយុវជនអន្ដរជាតិ​------0- -202014- 2014-ICS)

hhttps://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=rZ-sE2VRrbk&video_referrer=watch

VSO/ICS Cambodia

VSO Cambodia/International Citizen Service program (ICS)

A short brief of VSO-Cambodia/International Citizen Service program (ICS):

VSO/International Citizen Service (ICS) is a volunteering experience for young people who want to make a real difference in some of the world’s poorest communities. In Cambodia, ICS runs projects in the North-eastern part of the country. Twelve Cambodian youths will spend three months working alongside twelve youths from the United Kingdom (UK) in a team to tackle issues that really matter to the local community (for this circle we are working at Stung Treng and Ratanakiry province. (Source from VSO’s page)

For more information about how to apply this program:

http://www.eurocham-cambodia.org/index.php?option=com_jobboard&view=job&id=33&catid=1

Or

https://www.facebook.com/304557379666133/photos/a.334094906712380.1073741827.304557379666133/557161661072369/?type=1&theater

 This is my experiences during the ICS for the second cycle (started from July 18^th, 2014 to October 08^th, 2014) in Stung Treng province, however, for those who went to Ratanakiry is the third cycle. The training from July 18th, 2014 to July 18^{th 2014} for Cambodian and Uk’s volunteers. The first day, Cambodian volunteers prepared stuffs to welcome UK counterparts for their arrival in Cambodia. We, Khmer volunteers, sang Khmer song, danced, we did a great job, to welcome them and UK volunteers were very excited, yet UK volunteers said Khmer words, Chom Reab Sur, means how do you do to Khmer volunteers; we, Khmer, also excited for their their speaking Khmer words! --A day after, both Khmer and UK counterparts were trained together in the Karitas's office, in Phnom Penh, for a week. During this training we did learn many things about ICS program, learned how to adopt the other culture. Khmer-UK volunteers learned how to live with indigenous, community people. Being told that some host families could not even speak Khmer or English (some families are Kreung, Jaray, Tom Poun...), we still felt well with these challenges. We also had many activities such as energizing to break our bad feeling that we felt sleepy because of the long days training, some were exhausted, and some got sick. Yet, we enjoyed it. For breaking time, either Khmer or UK talked to each other about its culture, studying, and experiences and so on. After a week training, on July 25^th, 2014 we, except me, leaved Phnom Penh to Stung Treng(2nd cycle) and Ratanakiry province (3rd cycle)  to know our host family in which we live, NGO which we will be working with to start our project on Awareness Raising in Stung Treng and Training in Ratanakiry.  

Welcoming UK volunteers arrival 

Activities during In Country  Training days (ICT)

តើទិវានៃសេចក្ដីស្រលាញ់ យុវជនពិត ជាបង្ហាញនូវសេចក្ដីស្រលាញ់ដល់អ្នកម្ដាយយ៉ាងណាទៅ?

យើងឃើញថាថ្ងៃនេះយុវជនមួយចំនួនបានបង្ហាញនូវសេចក្ថីស្រលាញ់របស់ខ្លួនតាមរយះបណ្ដាញសង្គមហ្វេសប៊ុកជាច្រើន។ យើងឃើញថាអ្នក ខ្លះបានបង្ហោះនូវ រូបភាពជាការដឹងគុណ​អ្នកម្ដាយ​ដែល​បានខំចិញ្ចឹមបីបាច់ថែរក្សាតាំងពីបានកកើតរហូតដល់ធំពេញវ៏យ ខ្លះក៏បានបង្ហាញនូវ ការ​អភ័យ​​ទោសចំពោះអ្នកម្ដាយនូវរាល់ទង្វើដែលខ្លួនបានប្រព្រឹត្តកន្លងមក រីឯអ្នកខ្លះបាន​បង្ហោះ​នូវ​រូប​ភាពជាការថើបចំពោះម្ដាយបង្ហាញពីទឹកចិត្តស្រលាញ់គ្នាដល់អ្នកមានគុណរបស់ខ្លួនជាដើម។ តើការបង្ហាញនូវអ្វីដែលពួកគេបានបង្ហោះទាំងនេះពិតជាចេញពីក្រអៅបេះដូងឬយ៉ាងណា? ប្រសិនបើនេះជាការបង្ហាញដោយចិត្តជ្រះថ្លា នោះគឺជារឿងមួយដ៍ប្រពៃក្រៃលែង ដែល​ជាការ​ធ្វើឱយអ្នកម្ដាយសប្បាយចិត្តរកអ្វីប្រៀបផ្ទឹមពុំបាន។តែសូមឱយការបង្ហាញនេះបន្តជា និរន្តរ៍ អ្វី​ដែលសំខាន់បំផុតនោះ គឺគាត់ចង់បាននូវការប្រព្រឹត្តរបស់កូនៗដោយត្រឹមត្រូវ មិនមែនតែ​មួយ​ថ្ងៃទេ​តែសូមឱយការបង្ហាញសេចក្ដីស្រលាញ់នេះ មានជារៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ. ..។

នេះគ្រាន់តែ​​ជាការសរសេរលេងរបស់ខ្ញុំតែប៉ណ្ណោះ បើមានការខុសឆ្គងសូមមេត្តា  អភ័ទោស​ចំពោះ​ពាក្យពេជន៍មិនសមរម្យណាមួយ ។
រីករាយថ្ងៃនៃសេចក្ដីស្រលាញ់ចំពោះ អ្នកម្ដាយនិងលោកឳពុកគ្រប់រូបលើសកលលោក។