Boomers Abroad

Description

Primarily set up as a library to help motivate street children to read and write, the project has developed into a center that provides young children with nutritional food and support to help them towards to a brighter future.

Through research, the project has found that many families are either too busy working to properly care for their children or they are large families becoming poorer as they are unable to go to work as they look after their children. With lack of caring, the children end up playing around on the streets picking things up off the street to eat, playing in polluted waters and relieving themselves anywhere, etc. The project therefore decided to help these families by not only providing a care center but also supporting and pushing the children towards a good education and healthy future.

What's the project like?

With the aim to provide care, shelter and education for young disadvantaged children, you'll generally take care of the children and help feed them, play with them, sing songs and may even have the opportunity to take the children outside the urban area and show them flowers, grass, nature and have a great day trip with them which not many will have experienced before. The children at this project are 5 years old and younger, so you can imagine that there will be many smiling faces demanding your attention!

Why does the project need volunteers?

It is recognized that volunteers from other countries bring lots of new ideas to help support the project and make learning much more fun!

Activities and schedule:

Your typical working hours on this project will be 5 days a week, Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm. No previous experience of work is required, but you must be able to show patience and understanding when dealing with young children.

Where the project is based:

The project is located in Phnom Penh and is around a 15 minute journey by tuk tuk from the accommodation.

Project resources and advice:

Many of our volunteers make the decision to bring gifts and resources from home to Cambodia. Whilst all that the project really needs is you, full of motivation and ideas, if you wanted to bring resources from home the project is in need of educational toys. Most items can be purchased in Cambodia, which saves luggage space for you and helps the local economy.