Snuol Rural Education Project (P70002)

Cambodia still has a sizeable illiterate population in the countryside due to the missing generation of schools and teachers after the Khmer Rouge genocide. When OMF first came to Snuol in 2006 we began to invest in adult literacy work.  The assistant director for education in Snuol, Lok Kru Teab, liked what we were trying to do with adult literacy in Snuol. However, Teab thought long-term it would be even better to focus on literacy for the children. Yes, there are adults who can’t read, but in Snuol there are kids waiting for that opportunity as well. OMF began working with Teab hiring and following up with local teachers in low resource areas.  We were able to help start several rural schools, just by being there to fill the gap until a government teacher could come. This past November, after the school year started, we received another call from Teab to do the same in the remote village of Bao. These pictures show the one-room school where first and second grade are being taught this year. In this case, there are about 25 students in first grade and another 20 in second grade, not enough to officially begin a school and not enough to be eligible for a government teacher. Through you, we were able to help get things started for these 45 students. This year all total we are supporting 8 teachers in six villages. Thank you for making this possible.