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Double your Donation in Australia: Bondi to Bronte

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education / By Admin SeeBeyondBorders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqQA_tyfKrE&feature=youtu.be In November, we have launched our Bondi to Bronte matched-donations campaign for donations in Australia. Our fundraising ambassador Carrington Blake is swimming Bondi to Bronte to raise much-needed funds for SeeBeyondBorders, and his employer will match donations up to $25,000AUD. Read the article below or watch the above video for more information on why …

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Return to School

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education / By Admin SeeBeyondBorders

Last month, children in Cambodia went back to school after six months of closures in an effort to complete the current school year. The new school year will be not now start until January (usually November). Their return to school is phased as part of the government’s COVID-19 precautions, and they will attend school only …

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SeeBeyondCOVID-19

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education, Edward Shuttleworth, Programs / By Edward Shuttleworth

SeeBeyondCOVID-19 has become the focus for us all in one way or another. Beyond the hand sanitiser purchases, the working from home, the school closures, and the toilet paper mountains that someone must be climbing as a virtual challenge in their bathrooms, how do we spend our time in isolation to get ready to resume …

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COVID-19 and SeeBeyondBorders

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education / By Colm Byrne

“Once in a century” and “on a war footing” is how this global pandemic is now being described, as our medical facilities, often already under strain, face the prospect of having to deal with thousands of infections and choose who best to focus their resources on. This has us scared and inevitably we are all …

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Mothers’ Meeting a Resounding Success

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education / By Colm Byrne

On 13th March at Kdol Tahen School, a meeting about menstrual health was held with 65 attendees. The meeting aimed to increase awareness of and advise both mothers and their daughters about menstrual health. It is vital to have informed support at home, in school and in the general community so girls can develop healthy …

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More than you bargained for at the water cooler

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education, Edward Shuttleworth / By Edward Shuttleworth

So it’s mid-morning on Friday and I’m making a cup of tea. Phath, our Operations Manager comes over to get a drink. “How’s progress?” I ask him casually. “What do you mean, ‘progress’?” he says with his characteristic wry smile. “Well you know. In your life.” “Well, I used to be a simple farmer and …

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Literacy Matters

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education / By Colm Byrne

Edward Shuttleworth thinks about how we can buy Phearith a better camera and employ another change maker who can ensure more people have a voice.It’s Saturday and I’m heading back to Siem Reap in a taxi to fly down to Phnom Penh for the night. I am due to meet with the founders of Horseware …

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Teachers Inspire Cambodia

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education, Programs / By Colm Byrne

SeeBeyondBorders has launched an initiative entitled ‘Teachers Inspire Cambodia’ in recognition of the transformative role teachers can have on children. Teachers Inspire Cambodia will highlight how teachers can inspire people, societies and futures. The inaugural gala awards dinner in Siem Reap will recognise the most inspiring teachers within the SeeBeyondBorders programs. It is estimated that …

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SeeBeyondBorders receives UNESCO award for quality teaching program

Leave a Comment / Cambodian Education, Programs / By Colm Byrne

We are so proud to receive this award in Paris on World Teacher’s Day We were thrilled to hear earlier this year that UNESCO had honoured our ‘Teach the Teacher‘ program with internationally acclaimed UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers, in recognition of our core Teach the Teacher program. …

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