Care and Community Volunteer Stories, Cambodia
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Care and Community in Cambodia - Jacqueline Gunn
Twelve months ago, I had just graduated from University, and was feeling at a loss about what to do next. I wasn't really feeling ready for a working life, and at the same time I didn't want to just backpack around the world for months. It was then that I stumbled upon Projects Abroad online, and decided to take part in one of their projects.
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Care and Community in Cambodia - Monica Nanne
On the 17th of September 2008 I flew from Amsterdam to Phnom Penh to have the experience of my life! My name is Monica Nanne and I am from the Netherlands. I have been working and living in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia for 3 months with Projects Abroad.
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Care and Community in Cambodia - Marlyn Smit-Hooftman
My name is Marlyn Smit-Hooftman, I am an older volunteer from the Netherlands. I have been volunteering in Cambodia for 4 weeks. So firstly why did I choose Cambodia? Cambodia is one of the poorest countries of South East Asia and needs a lot of help. The people are very friendly and it is a safe country. In the day time you can go out and about on your own visiting different places.
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Care and Community in Cambodia - Rachael Jewitt
My time in Cambodia could not have been further from what I expected. However, what I expected was nothing like the amazing experience I embarked upon. I had taken a gap year after college as I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. I worked for most of the year as a nursery nurse working with children.
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Care and Community in Cambodia - Laura Stonehouse
There is no such thing as a typical day at NHCC! There are currently two separate houses of children - each with about 15 kids, although there are more arriving every day. We've tended to spend the morning at one house and the afternoon at the other - that way all the kids get to see you every day. At the moment we have been spending our lunch time at the centre as there's an area where the kids aren't allowed - well we have to allow ourselves a wee break from them, adorable as they are.
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Care and Community in Cambodia - Gemma Morgan
My first impression of Phnom Penh was that it was extremely hot, busy and dusty, not to mention the chaos of the traffic. My induction included visiting Toul Sleung Genocide Museum (S-21) the former high school converted to a prison by the Khmer Rouge, and Choeung Ek known as The Killing Fields. I found these visits extremely difficult to cope with. To see what the Khmer people had been put through was very painful and it was a horrible experience, but I also think that it is one that everyone who visits Cambodia should endure. Although difficult, I feel it is vital to experience this to gain some kind of understanding into what the country and the people have been through.
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