It was tremendous to once again land at Siem Reap Airport and to know that in a couple of hours I would be back at the Aknuwat Primary School. This time I was extra excited as my best friend from Australia, Kenny, would be joining me. Sure enough as I exited customs at the Airport there was Kenny waiting for me.
We now had four days to work on taking the Tiger Foundation to the next stage. During this visit our objectives were,
1) To have meetings with the Parent/ Teachers Association to present the Tiger Foundation plan.
2) To meet with the Provincial Office of Education to seek approval and support of our plans.
3) To meet with DHL, a business partner in Phnom Penh
4) To meet with a construction comapny in Kampong Thom who could manage some of our construction plans.
5) To meet with UNICEF representative to discuss future plans at the school.
6) To audit hotels in Kampong Thom for volunteers to stay while working at the school.
Alot to do and just 4 days to do it. Kenny and I along with our new Tiger Foundation Official Driver - Las Leam motored along between Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Kampong Thom. We filled the car with English Books and took down National Highway No 6 toward the school.
Our arrival once again sparked celebrations fit for royalty, our meager offering of boxes of books and a few footballs created instant chaos.
Our meetings over the four days went extremely, this is now what has been achieved.
Parent/ Teachers Association:
The Parent/Teachers along with several key community leaders have accepted and endorsed the Tiger Foundations plans to create and deploy Education, Environmental and Sports Development programs. Initial drawings of re construction and infrastructual modifications of the schools have been created, these will now be professional designed for construction purposes.
Provincial Office Of Education Meeting:
Mr Sou Kimtry - POE Director and Mr Samreth Ros - Deputy Director have both endorsed and supported all of the plans of the Tiger Foundation. Mr Kimtry will personally present this to the National Post in Phnom Penh where the recomendation will be that The Tiger Foundations model gets used a s a country wide blue print for sustainable development of schools.
In addition Mr Kimtry would like us to partner with a sister School in Siem Reap to copy paste our model from Aknuwat Primary School.
DHL Express Phnom Penh
DHL Express in Phnom Penh is putting together a plan to develop a Corporate Social Responsibility project at the Aknuwat School. There first initiative will be to paint the school, using staff members from the Phnom Penh offices.
We are also discussing a number of other initiatives with DHL which will also lead to on the ground logistic services including delivery of donated goods from around the world.
Construction - Phase One:
Our construction and re development plans are now in phase one with a preliminary plan being developed with all of the stakeholders. These plans will now be professionally designed so that suppliers can carefully construct the required facilities. A construction company has been selected. It is the schools original builder who has a good knowledge of the schools layout and intricate hidden from view nuiances.
UNICEF Meeting:
We now have a good relationship with Mr Channra Chum Project Officier for UNICEF in Kampong Thom. Mr Channra has offered to support us and assist with liasing with the local stakeholders to ensure that communication is made easier.
Hotel Audits:
We have now conducted Audits of the 3 main hotels in Kampong Thom. Our findings are listed on the blog site under the 'Where to Stay' section. This will allow for easy access as well as a safe and clean environment for our volunteers and visitors to stay.
Tiger Foundation Cambodia:
I have now appointed Mr Las Leam as our official driver and tour guide for Cambodia. Las will meet and greet our visitors to Cambodia and manage all transportation needs to and from the Aknuwat Primary School from Siem Reap as well as from Phnom Penh. He will also be available for tours to and around Angkor Wat. Las can be contacted on +855.9296.1146 prior to any travel to arrange your plans.
Next Steps:
In the coming weeks focus will go on starting some of the construction phases of the re development plans. The urgency is to have the flood prevention plan in place before the wet season comes in April. Additionally work will continue on the establishment of robust Educational, Environmental and Sports Development Programs. Recruitment drives for volunteers, fund raising events and donation collection points will all be implemented over the coming weeks.
We will continue to live our mission of " RELEASING THE POWER OF POTENTIAL"
We now had four days to work on taking the Tiger Foundation to the next stage. During this visit our objectives were,
1) To have meetings with the Parent/ Teachers Association to present the Tiger Foundation plan.
2) To meet with the Provincial Office of Education to seek approval and support of our plans.
3) To meet with DHL, a business partner in Phnom Penh
4) To meet with a construction comapny in Kampong Thom who could manage some of our construction plans.
5) To meet with UNICEF representative to discuss future plans at the school.
6) To audit hotels in Kampong Thom for volunteers to stay while working at the school.
Alot to do and just 4 days to do it. Kenny and I along with our new Tiger Foundation Official Driver - Las Leam motored along between Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Kampong Thom. We filled the car with English Books and took down National Highway No 6 toward the school.
Our arrival once again sparked celebrations fit for royalty, our meager offering of boxes of books and a few footballs created instant chaos.
Our meetings over the four days went extremely, this is now what has been achieved.
Parent/ Teachers Association:
The Parent/Teachers along with several key community leaders have accepted and endorsed the Tiger Foundations plans to create and deploy Education, Environmental and Sports Development programs. Initial drawings of re construction and infrastructual modifications of the schools have been created, these will now be professional designed for construction purposes.
Provincial Office Of Education Meeting:
Mr Sou Kimtry - POE Director and Mr Samreth Ros - Deputy Director have both endorsed and supported all of the plans of the Tiger Foundation. Mr Kimtry will personally present this to the National Post in Phnom Penh where the recomendation will be that The Tiger Foundations model gets used a s a country wide blue print for sustainable development of schools.
In addition Mr Kimtry would like us to partner with a sister School in Siem Reap to copy paste our model from Aknuwat Primary School.
DHL Express Phnom Penh
DHL Express in Phnom Penh is putting together a plan to develop a Corporate Social Responsibility project at the Aknuwat School. There first initiative will be to paint the school, using staff members from the Phnom Penh offices.
We are also discussing a number of other initiatives with DHL which will also lead to on the ground logistic services including delivery of donated goods from around the world.
Construction - Phase One:
Our construction and re development plans are now in phase one with a preliminary plan being developed with all of the stakeholders. These plans will now be professionally designed so that suppliers can carefully construct the required facilities. A construction company has been selected. It is the schools original builder who has a good knowledge of the schools layout and intricate hidden from view nuiances.
UNICEF Meeting:
We now have a good relationship with Mr Channra Chum Project Officier for UNICEF in Kampong Thom. Mr Channra has offered to support us and assist with liasing with the local stakeholders to ensure that communication is made easier.
Hotel Audits:
We have now conducted Audits of the 3 main hotels in Kampong Thom. Our findings are listed on the blog site under the 'Where to Stay' section. This will allow for easy access as well as a safe and clean environment for our volunteers and visitors to stay.
Tiger Foundation Cambodia:
I have now appointed Mr Las Leam as our official driver and tour guide for Cambodia. Las will meet and greet our visitors to Cambodia and manage all transportation needs to and from the Aknuwat Primary School from Siem Reap as well as from Phnom Penh. He will also be available for tours to and around Angkor Wat. Las can be contacted on +855.9296.1146 prior to any travel to arrange your plans.
Next Steps:
In the coming weeks focus will go on starting some of the construction phases of the re development plans. The urgency is to have the flood prevention plan in place before the wet season comes in April. Additionally work will continue on the establishment of robust Educational, Environmental and Sports Development Programs. Recruitment drives for volunteers, fund raising events and donation collection points will all be implemented over the coming weeks.
We will continue to live our mission of " RELEASING THE POWER OF POTENTIAL"
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