Standing in a Grade 1 classroom in a primary school in Ek Phnom District, things appear quite different from five or six years ago. The same holds true for ten other primary schools in the Ek Phnom District of Battambang Province. The advent of SeeBeyondBorders’ Educational Technology project, funded by Electric Aid, has revolutionised teaching …
Locally driven, internationally engaged. As SeeBeyondBorders continues to achieve greater localisation, our connections across provincial and national borders are of paramount importance. Our international connections promote two-way exchange programs, sponsor research, financially support on-site projects — and fundamentally, they enable the work of SeeBeyondBorders. Originally an Australian international NGO, the ties between our work in …
Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Visits SeeBeyondBorders Read More »
What do a game show, discussing pilots in taxis, and shooting arrows at a target 50 metres away have in common? How about playing charades or racing while carrying a ball with chopsticks? The answer – our weeklong annual staff retreat in Siem Reap. Teacher Sophen and Boumy act as tigers in a game of …
Today, our Engagement Coordinator, Limon Bunn, will fly to Ireland to take up an Irish Aid Fellowship. From Siem Reap Province, Limon is the eldest in her family and the first woman from Northern Cambodia to secure this opportunity. She is passionate about education and international development. https://youtu.be/8-nYZDvXbQE Before departing Limon recorded a video message …
Twenty years ago Pov qualified as a teacher. Ten years ago Pheung Pov joined SeeBeyondBorders. Today Pov becomes SeeBeyondBorders’ first Managing Director. This is a milestone for Pov, for SeeBeyondBorders and for Cambodian education. As Managing Director, Pov will be a critical member of the Senior Leadership Team. He takes responsibility for our Cambodian management, …
Pov becomes Managing Director – a Milestone for SeeBeyondBorders and Cambodia! Read More »
PIKT Partners and 25 participant teachers from schools in Battambang gathered for the Teacher Professional Identity workshop. We recently provided the first ‘Teacher Professional Identity’ workshop in Cambodia as part of the collaborative Professional Identity of Khmer Teachers (PIKT) Research Project. Phan Sreyphet led the discussion on “What do good teachers do to create a …
SeeBeyondBorders Delivers A First Workshop on Teacher Professional Identity Read More »
Mike Walton is a semi-retired educator from the UK, 20 years a teacher followed by 20 years a headteacher in both the UK and Thailand. He has been a board member of many international educational organisations, including being Chair of The Federation of British International Schools in Asia. Earlier this year he took up the …
Newly appointed UK Chair, Reflections from Cambodia Read More »
Jen (left) mentoring two changemakers, Sambor (centre) and Dyna (right) after class finished in a school in Battambang Jen McCredie is a semi-retired teacher from Australia. Her teaching career in Australia has seen her wear many hats in primary schools, from classroom teacher to teaching and learning consultant in mathematics, to Assistant Principal of a …
Our Siem Reap and Battambang Offices together- with our mission, vision and values on display. ‘I feel stronger when everyone joins together’ sums up our week-long Organisational Review perfectly. After a week of discussions, collaboration and feedback from all of our staff in Cambodia, our strengths and weaknesses as an organisation are much clearer. The …
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 …