Children of L'Peak

For our community service projects we spent 6 days in a village named L'Peak in Kampong Cham province and these are some of the kids that followed us around all day wanting to play, screaming "Hello!"and after hearing us talk for a while picking up on the phrase "Oh my God!"

Here are some of the shots they got when I gave them my camera:

tiny toones

Tiny Toones was one of the NGOs that I visited with the students.  They help street kids by giving them a safe place to come learn English, take Khmer classes and express themselves through break dancing.  They also have a strict no-drug policy which encourages the kids to stay clean so they can be a part of this amazing group.
 

Look at her go!

Check out some more info about Tiny Toones at:

http://tinytoones.org/

NY Times- Tiny Toones

cutest puppy and cutest little girl in phnom penh

riel millionaires

 

total ballers... except this is probably about $40.

boat ride down the mekong to a weaving village

a woman weaving a kroma (traditional Cambodian scarf)

home sweet home

This is the house in a rural village of Kampong Cham that I will soon be calling home for six nights.  While we are staying in this village we will be learning from the local people about how they live and what kind of aid project would be most beneficial to their community.  The students on the trip will get to decide what project they would like to do, plan it out and then complete it!  I am excited to see what they come up with.  I am also excited to see how they (and I) feel about sleeping on the floor, using squat toilets and taking bucket showers for 6 days.

Shrimp Temple

Statues of elephants, monkeys, lions, snakes are rather common in Cambodia but it is not everyday you see a good shrimp statue.  This one was outside a temple that is appropriately known as "Shrimp Temple".

After spending some time looking around at the temple and chatting with some of the monks who lived there our group was departing and they gathered outside to wave goodbye.  The children who were trying to entertain us with their masks also came.  And a happy looking white dog.  Just thought it made for an interesting gathering.