austraLasia 1488
Communications Office - development in Poipet
POIPET: 13th March 2006 -- It is good to see a
steady
development in Salesian Cambodia's approach to things; the latest
appears to be the Poipet Pastoral and Social Communications
Office.
They announce, in their first 'update' newsletter for the Don Bosco
Centre, that they are organising an education seminar for the end of
April on the theme 'Khmer helps Khmer: informal education proposal for
children in the Poipet area.'. The idea for the seminar has arisen out
of the experience of young volunteers teaching children in the villages
who for various reasons cannot attend school. The idea is to
encourage
the volunteers, give them skills and support. Amongst speakers at
the
seminar will be the principal of Don Bosco Tech in Sihanoukville and an
as yet unconfirmed speaker from the Cambodian education ministry.
Don Bosco Poipet Centre is not yet two years
old. It was opened in
October 2003. Poipet itself forms part of Palilai village in Bantea
Meanchey Province bordering with Thailand. The village has a
population of somewhere around 70,000, an imprecise figure because the
area is a transit zone between Thailnd and Cambodia and people are
frequently on the move. In fact one of the central social
problems for
the area is trafficking - of goods and people, and children are caught
up in this social evil. The Don Bosco Centre provides a shelter
for
such children, and offers literacy and skills training, as well as a
regular youth centre open to all.
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