“Feeding dreams Cambodia” voulenteer school-by Amelie

On the first day of school, I was very nervous. In the morning, we went to their daily assembly. At the assembly, we introduced ourselves and sang songs with the school. After the assembly, Joe (the volunteer coordinator), gave us a tour of the school. Then, we got separated into different class rooms. I taught kindergarten, while Anna, my mom and my dad, taught older groups. On the first day, Elise watched the teenagers train to be a bartender or a waiter or a chef. For the rest of the week, she and my mom shared a classroom and the students looked like they really enjoyed it. The classes knew more English than you would expect because they get a lot of volunteers. The kids were so friendly but they did not have much. One day we went to see where they lived. They did not have beds, they had mattresses on the floor, and their houses were made out of thin sheets of metal, but they were happy. The school was from 8:00am to 11:00am, and in the afternoon the students would go to government school. In the morning, the teachers would ask us if we had anything planed for that day and we would play games. We would teach them new words, do drawings and do math. In the class rooms there were white boards, sometimes aTV, benches, and tables. There was one playground with only a slide, one very new and good looking soccer field and some room to run and play. There were two groups, one came in the morning while the other went to government school, and they switched in the afternoon. We taught the morning group every day and we only taught the afternoon group three times. On Fridays, the school only went from 8:00am to 9:30am and the they played soccer from 9:30am to 11:00am. The school was amazing for all ages and everyone in our family felt like they fit in!!! I would recommend it!!!