2016 graduates received diplomas that certified them as having tech skills that could be useful when applying for jobs. Each student has proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint by the time of graduation from middle school. The high school that they will attend does not have any computers and thus this is their…
Two Cambridge teens, Andrew and Will Keating, were so inspired by their summer 2015 visit to our school that they have now successfully fundraised to buy 50 bikes for our 2016 ninth grade graduates. These bikes are essentials for students to attend a high school that is five miles away. The new bike shelter was…
We are grateful to Lucky Iron Fish for partnering with our school as a test site for distributing the iron fish that they have created to alleviate widespread anemia. Iron deficiency affects 60% of pregnant Cambodian women. luckyironfish.com This program was made possible by the fundraising efforts of Boston teen, Doug Robbins. Thank you, Doug!…
Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen! 45 bikes for 2015 graduates, 3 desktop Dell computers, and school supplies for 167 incoming middle school students were delivered to our appreciative students and teachers.
Yard sale nets 3 new desktop computers for our students!
Thank you to the 35 families who donated and helped out.
We are happy to report that the August 2015 fundraising initiative to buy bikes for all 2015 ninth grade graduates has been successfully funded!
Through a special grant, every 2015 graduate and all teachers were given Lucky Iron Fish. One Lucky Iron Fish can provide an entire family with up to 75% of their daily iron intake for up to 5 years. All you have to do is cook with it. In a country like Cambodia, where 44%…
The Khmer Magic Music Bus (KMMB) received funding to visit our school and perform for our Cambodian students. This musical troupe, headed by Ms. Thom Smeya, is a spin-off of Cambodian Living Arts and travels throughout Cambodia educating students about Cambodian music — both traditional and contemporary. We are grateful to Arn Chorn-Pond, founder of…
Thanks to an American Embassy grant, Cambodian Living Arts donated 30 copies of Never Fall Down in Khmer, to the Cambridge Cambodia School. The school has also obtained 10 copies of the book in English.
Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School junior, Sara Hauf, received word that her grant application to buy new books for our library was approved. Through this grant, Sara will donate both Khmer and English language books for our students. Thank you, Sara! Library books are greatly loved by our students.