Thursday, November 20, 2014

Welcome

Beginning in January 2015, the boys and I will be spending 5 months in Cambodia helping students at the Leadership Academy in Phnom Penh develop a English as second language school called the “English Zone”. The revenue from the business will pay for the education of these rural high school and college students in Phnom Penh.

Brian, Jonathan and I will be departing December 31st for Cambodia and will get to spend New Year's Eve over the Pacific.  I've successfully Skyped with the students at the Leadership Academy (LA) in Phnom Penh three times now and am planning on at least once more before December arrives.   I've got a lot to learn and a lot to plan, but am very excited about it.  This is where I plan to post updates once our adventure starts. 


Here is a picture of some of the LA students.  We have four computers in Cambodia that we are using currently to work on the Conversation Partners concept for the English Zone school.  My OSU students have really enjoyed speaking with the Cambodian students and are looking forward to more conversations!

The organization I will be working with is called Sustainable Schools, Inc. http://www.sustainableschoolsinternational.org/  You can learn more about this organization by going to the website.