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Focus – Sala Baï, a green school
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The agroecology at the heart of Sala Baï training: Camborea NGO, a new partner
Our Team at Sala Baï interviewed Christophe Baillet, general officer at Camborea. Camborea is a young local Cambodian NGO created in 2015 in Siem Reap by a French-Cambodian couple to help the more disadvantaged among their own community. The NGO has specialized into agroecology, food self-sufficiency and the preservation of the rich and natural Cambodian heritage of biodiversity. Starting from 2021, sustainable agriculture will be at the center of students training. To do so, a 850 m2 garden is being constructed. It pursues many objectives including the fight for environmental protection and against global warming, the access to a healthy and diverse food and the use of short supply channels. Wishing to be more sustainable, Sala Baï is cooperating with… Read More
School closure: at Sala Baï the students remain in the dormitories to attend their online classes
The recent health situation developments in Cambodia due to the rising of new COVID-19 cases, pushed the authorities to demand the closure of all schools including Sala Baï, on December 1st. The 138 students remain in the dormitories in order to attend their online classes. Because the students stay at the school despite its closure, they are able to pursue some activities in small groups while strictly following the health security measures. They are developing the agroecological school’s garden that is close to the dormitories and practicing sports. New online classes for the students Thanks to its previous experience during the first school closure at the beginning of 2020, the training team and the social workers are… Read More
Stepping up APLC’s support for OBT
Agir pour le Cambodge is stepping up its support for the Cambodian charity OBT (Organization for Basic Training) whose main mission is to educate children and improve the living conditions of people in the area around the Chiro village. APLC has decided to finance the salaries of two English teachers, to send two volunteers to work alongside the teams and to assist with the OBT visit to France in September. Since 2019, Agir pour le Cambodge has increased its support for OBT, a charity that works on improving access to education of the most disadvantaged. Financial support provided by APLC will cover the salaries of two English teachers, one full-time and one part-time. APLC has intensified its support for OBT… Read More
International Solidarity Volunteering vacancy: Director (M/F) of Sala Baï Hotel School Program – Siem Reap, Cambodia
Origin and background of the program Located in Siem Ream in Cambodia, near the Angkor archaeological site, the Sala Baï Hotel School was opened in 2002 by the French NGO Agir pour le Cambodge to enable Young Cambodians from extremely poor families to gain rapid access to long-term employment in an economic sector that is booming: the tourism sector. The Sala Baï Hotel School thus plays a role in fighting poverty and human trafficking. Every year, it provides free training to 150 young Cambodians, qualifying them for jobs in the Hotel-Restaurant business (Front Office, Restaurant, Cooking, Housekeeping and Beauty Therapy) with priority given to girls (70%) given their greater vulnerability and reduced access to education. The school covers the full… Read More
OBT’s French tour
OBT (Organization for Basic Training) is a Cambodian charity set up in 2009 by a former APLC social worker. On returning to Chiro, the village where he was born in the Kampong Cham province, he became convinced that the fight against poverty could be won through better access to education. For the last three years, Agir pour le Cambodge has been supporting OBT and funding a teacher’s salary. OBT fights poverty by enabling children and young people from very poor families to access education so that in the future, they’ll have jobs that will help them to improve their living conditions. In order to achieve this goal, the NGO provides children from areas surrounding the village of Chiro, 10km from… Read More
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Stepping up APLC’s support for OBT
Agir pour le Cambodge is stepping up its support for the Cambodian charity OBT (Organization for Basic Training) whose main mission is to educate children and improve the living conditions of people in the area around the Chiro village. APLC has decided to finance the salaries of two English teachers, to send two volunteers to work alongside the teams and to assist with the OBT visit to France in September. Since 2019, Agir pour le Cambodge has increased its support for OBT, a charity that works on improving access to education of the most disadvantaged. Financial support provided by APLC will cover the salaries of two English teachers, one full-time and one part-time. APLC has intensified its support for OBT… Read More
OBT’s French tour
OBT (Organization for Basic Training) is a Cambodian charity set up in 2009 by a former APLC social worker. On returning to Chiro, the village where he was born in the Kampong Cham province, he became convinced that the fight against poverty could be won through better access to education. For the last three years, Agir pour le Cambodge has been supporting OBT and funding a teacher’s salary. OBT fights poverty by enabling children and young people from very poor families to access education so that in the future, they’ll have jobs that will help them to improve their living conditions. In order to achieve this goal, the NGO provides children from areas surrounding the village of Chiro, 10km from… Read More
TOGETHER WE CAN FIGHT POVERTY
through education and vocational
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