Now Linda Horgan, our UK Senior Partnerships Manager has safely returned to the UK, she reflects on her time in Cambodia- with a much clearer understanding of the projects and the need for the work done on the ground in Cambodia. “I walked out the door of my home in Oxford at 1am on Sunday …
Last week, we were delighted to have Roy Ryna, one of the few female primary school principals in Cambodia, share knowledge and experience in the Women in Leadership Talk for Changemakers. Ryna discussed her journey to becoming a principal, the challenges she had to overcome and offered words of encouragement and inspiration to motivate our …
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Early in December, twenty staff members from SeeBeyondBorders Cambodia and five Changemakers gathered in Battambang for the annual program review led by Operations Manager, Blung Phath. CEO, Edward Shuttleworth, joined online to welcome everyone and thank staff for their hard work and achievements. “Today is a great day. All the team have come together to …
Our 2020, like so much of the world, has been severely impacted by COVID-19. In Cambodia, it is hard to remember life pre-pandemic. So much has changed. Fortunately, Cambodia has had very limited numbers of COVID-19 cases with very tight entry restrictions and the borders almost completely closed. But the tourism industry, so important for …
SeeBeyondBorders have begun recruiting for ambitious female Cambodian graduates to partake in our inaugural Educational Changemaker graduate programme. Set to begin in early 2021, the Educational Changemaker programme has been developed to create opportunity for Cambodian women to influence change in the education sector in Cambodia. The programme will employ passionate Cambodians with an undergraduate …
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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 …
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 …
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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Case study in sustainability: Ek Phnom DOE takes over responsibility for teacher development Our partnership with the education authorities in Ek Phnom district has led to truly sustainable practices Our experience working in Cambodia since 2009 has taught us many things, and one of the most important lessons is that engagement with local education authorities …
