Anjali House

I've decided to do some volunteering at a school for Cambodian kids in Siem Reap. Anjali House has been up and running for 2 years now. It brings in 80 kids a day. They get one English class, a general studies class, workshop, lunch and a shower. This keeps them from from being sent out by parents to beg/work in town.


I almost went deaf on my first day! These guys are so loud when they get exited! Anjali also registers them in public school for the other half of their day so 40 kids come in the mornings and 40 in the afternoons.


Jim helping out in English class. Age range is about 3-16 so one class might have a 7 year old helping out a 14 year old on a problem.


Music time. If you look away for one second, a little one will come along and start strumming (break) your guitar strings. Fortunately, I've got a few spares.

The great Cambodian eggplant curry & rice. Fresh Coconut of course!


West Side Siem Reap.

Oh its that good!

The kids eat about twice what I do at lunch. The teachers about three times as much.

Good ol' word match!

These kids only have 2 years of English so I'm always getting them to spell everything out. I've been posted to Intermediate class. Good times!

"Teacher" in Khmer sounds like "Le Gros" in French. So at first I swore the whole class was saying "Hey you fat ass! Come here!"..... "Why you little!"

A quiet moment.

Making the tallest standing structure that can also withstand a heavy object placed on top. They don't have any sky scrapers in Cambodia so these were very creative. I'll be here until the visa runs out I think. Then Its off to Bangkok for some chest X-Rays at the request of Australia's visa service...fun.


Hope you're all having a great summer!