Classrooms for Cambodia

About Classrooms for Cambodia

Classrooms for Cambodia is a volunteer charitable project started in February 2009 by Mike and Noelle Magluilo. With the help of more than 170 family members, friends and colleagues, we have raised more than $33,000 to build a school in Cambodia. Construction of The NOBLE PATH School, in Ra Village, was completed in July 2009. Ra Village is part of the Trach Torng commune in the Kampong Speu province. Our school is located approximately 70km west of Phnom Penh, a roughly 90-minute drive by car. As the first junior high school in the area, The NOBLE PATH School will provide nearby children the opportunity to pursue an education beyond the sixth grade. Our school enrolled approximately 70 seventh grade students in its first school year starting October 2009. The school will have three full grades of approximately 200 students by October 2011. Since the beginning of this project, we have been working in partnership with two on-the-ground charities in Cambodia. American Assistance for Cambodia (a US-registered charity) has built more than 450 schools in Cambodia since 1999 and has been our primary partner responsible for village selection, school construction, teacher recruitment and training and ongoing monitoring and management of the school. HOPE Worldwide (a UK-registered charity) is a partner of AAfC and served as the charity through which we have raised funds from UK taxpayers. We will remain actively involved in the maintenance and investment required by our school over time and will periodically update the members of the C4C community on the development of the school and its students through this newsletter, the C4C Report Card. We have put our own money into this project and are taking nothing out, other than memories, new friendships and the satisfaction of empowering a new generation of Cambodians to improve their lives through education.

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