Visit to Iloshon in July 2023: Successful parent meeting and positive developments
In Iloshon, a small Masai community in the Kajiado District, a successful parents’ meeting recently took place. The newly arrived school principal Mr. James invited Agnes Gitonga, a member of the WeCare Association, to this important meeting for the first time. The meeting was held in English and covered various topics including the work of the WeCare Association, the issues of FGM and teenage pregnancy, and girls’ achievement. In addition, challenges such as increased food prices and the need for a printer for the school were discussed.
Meeting of the Parents’ AssociationAgnes talking to PurityRepresentatives of Parents and Community
WeCare Association takes action against FGM and teenage pregnancies
Members of the parents’ meeting were extremely positive about the work of the WeCare Association. In particular, the issues of FGM (female genital mutilation) and teenage pregnancies were discussed in depth. The meeting agreed that these problems must be fought to give girls a better future.
New demands for the program and rising food prices.
Another topic discussed at the meeting was the girls’ ability to perform, which is required to be accepted into the school’s program. It was decided that new girls must have both a certain level of achievement and come from very poor backgrounds. In addition, due to the sharp increase in food prices, an increase in the cost of staying at the Nasaru dormitory was discussed. This issue will likely lead to further discussion in the future.
Food prices increase due to high inflationKids are queuing for their mealMost likely her only meal for the dayPurity with girls – the aprons are part of a school project
Higher administrative costs require a printer
Due to the newly introduced curriculum of the Kenyan government, the school needs a printer to cope with the increased administrative workload. This was addressed by the school administration during the meeting and will be implemented in the near future.
Chief Petro as elected representative against FGM and teenage pregnancies
Chief Petro, the elected representative of the community, also spoke out against FGM and teenage pregnancies. His presence at the parent meeting underscores the importance of these issues to the community.
Repair of the entrance gate and completion of the fence
The entrance gate to the school was destroyed by elephants in search of water. The school is now planning to repair the gate with the help of the community. Another issue was the fence, which is still not completed. The needed material is already on site and the meeting decided to mobilize some men to finish the fence.
Appreciation of teachers and maintenance work
Parents expressed their displeasure that teachers receive useful gifts such as rice and ugali flour during visits to Iloshon. However, Agnes Gitonga was able to explain that this appreciation to teachers is done for the benefit of their children. In addition, positive developments were mentioned regarding the maintenance work on the drainage pipes of the toilets and the orderliness in the rooms of the dormitory.
Our matron The rooms are tidyDorm
Installation of a rain gutter planned
During the construction of the dormitory, the installation of a rain gutter was omitted, which leads to stagnation of water in the courtyard when it rains and does not collect the valuable water. To solve this problem, it is planned to meet the two companies that offer rain gutters during a next visit to Kenya at the end of October 2023. There, the possibilities and costs for the installation of a rain gutter will be discussed.
The water is stagnating in the patio of the Nasaru dormitory
In conclusion, the visit to Iloshon was extremely positive. The parent meeting was successful and important issues such as FGM, teenage pregnancies and girls’ performance were discussed. The WeCare Association is actively campaigning against these issues. In addition, challenges such as increased food prices and the need for a printer for the school were addressed. Repairing the entrance gate and finishing the fence are other projects being worked on. Teacher appreciation and positive developments in terms of maintenance work are also worth mentioning. In the future, the installation of a rain gutter is planned to solve the problem of water logging. The visit to Iloshon shows that the community is engaged and driving positive change. The WeCare Association plays an important role in this and is committed to the education and well-being of the girls. With further support and collaboration, even more positive developments can be achieved in Iloshon.
Generous donation enables purchase of bicycles for disadvantaged children in Cambodia.
For years, ngo avec and the WeCare Association have been working closely together. For some time now, go avec has been running a school project in two schools in Battambang. These two schools are regularly visited by representatives of ngo avec, who then distribute relief supplies to the parents of the supported children, who are also present. The goal is to create an additional incentive for the parents to send their children to school regularly. This project is very successful, and the author of this article has been present on site several times during the distribution of the supplies.
At the end of 2021, the WeCare Association received a generous donation from the Diethelm Foundation and, in consultation with Theavy Bun and Patrik Roux, we agreed to provide some of the children supported by the school project with additional bicycles. The school project supports a total of 100 families, but Theavy Bun decided to give bicycles only to those students who regularly attend school and work hard there.
This resulted in a need for 77 bicycles plus 12 bicycles needed for the children of the Safe House in Battambang. Furthermore, all 89 bicycles were equipped with locks. In addition, 2 mopeds were purchased for two older girls from the Safe House who are already attending university.
Nowadays, a bicycle is not necessarily something special for children in Switzerland. Not so in a third world country like Cambodia. What does a bicycle mean for a Cambodian child?
The child gets to school faster.
In Cambodia, a bicycle is not only a means of transportation for a child, but it can also be used to take a brother/sister or another child from the same village to school.
The recipients of the bicycles have a low absenteeism rate. This makes them role models for the other children, who hopefully produce fewer absences as a result.
Owning a bike also makes it easier for these children to attend the additional English and computer training offered by ngo avec. The training center on the grounds of the ngo avec is very remote and can only be reached on foot, by bicycle or by car. There is no public transportation there.
The bicycles then allow the students to later attend a secondary school in Battambang, which is also not accessible by foot because they are too far away and no, there is no public transportation there either.
Having a bicycle in the family benefits the whole family. For example, the mother can use it to go to the market or to town to do shopping or to get medicine for a sick family member. Giving these bicycles also reinforces ngo avec’s message about the necessity and usefulness of regular school attendance. Those who try harder and work harder in school get more than the others who do not.
Giving these bicycles also reinforces ngo avec’s message about the necessity and usefulness of regular school attendance. Those who try harder and work harder in school get more than the others who do not. The official handover took place in the presence of parents and local political celebrities on the premises of the ngo avec in a ceremonial act.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Dietrich Foundation once again for their generous donation. Without this contribution, the implementation of this project would not have been possible.
After two years we were able to return to Kenya in October 2021 to visit our ongoing projects. As the Swiss direct flight is not available yet, we flew via Frankfort to Nairobi. After a quiet night at the airport hotel we, which is my dear friend Marcia and I, were picked up by Agnes Gitonga and her brother James.
Rehoboth Learning Center for Kings & Queens at Noonkopir
We went directly to the local mall in Kitengela to buy basics for the students of the Rehoboth Centre and the Mpirrishi Primary school. On our shopping list there were apples, cookies, hulo hoop, skipping ropes, sugar, salt, cooking oil, sanitary pads, and soap. Then we went straight to the Rehoboth Learning Centre for Kings & Queens in Noonkopir, one of the slums of Kitengela. This is a private school but contrary to as is the case in Europe, Kenyan private schools are meant for the poorest kids whose parents cannot afford to send them to a public school. There we received a warm welcome with a variety of performances by all grades.
The Rehoboth Learning Centre is a particularly good example of how effective outside help can be. The “teachers’ room» features a board with a set of rules and regulations which are internalized by the students. Teachers refrain from beating the students which is still very widespread and common in these schools.
Four generation of power women
The school for currently 160 students has extremely limited space and resources available but boasts an overall positive and amical atmosphere. As the Kenyan government has changed its curriculum in the meantime, we have donated once again schoolbooks for the school.
Mpirrishi Primary School
On the next morning we left Kitengela to visit Mpirrishi Primary School in Oltepesi. The “mere” 104 km required a travelling time of three hours as in particular the last 30 km do not necessarily qualify to our definition of a road and at some point, we even asked ourselves whether we would manage to arrive there at all. And it was not even rainy season! The only means of transport available for people in this area is a so called Picky Picky Boy, a motorbike taxi, which could take them to the next dispensary. The price for a round trip is about 12.000 KES (about 120$). To put this price into perspective: a cook at the school earns around 60 $ a month. What this really means in an emergency we should learn later in the day. Agnes and her daughter Karen have been to Mpirrishi a couple of times before our visit to fight against the illegal but still practiced female genital mutilation (FGM). Their work was only possible thanks to the support and openness of the local principal, Manuel. The aim of our visit was to get an idea of the parents’ attitude towards this delicate topic and to meet the girls who had undergone FGM at the end of 2020 and who we are supporting. Little did we know as we witnessed an incredible performance. In front of the parents, the village elders, the teachers and the students, this group of girls prepared for their performance. One of the girls started to put on a pair of plastic gloves which took my breath away. I moved closer and started filming and yes: These incredibly brave girls performed the act which had traumatized them only a couple of months ago, their mutilation. This is one of the most intense experiences I have lived, ever, and not just I, but Marcia, Agnes, and her daughter as well. We all had tears in our eyes.
We had planned a private meeting with those girls following the end of the “official” part of our visit. On the way there, Agnes pointed out the “circumciser», an elder woman who makes her living buy performing FGM. Even this woman was obviously touched by the girls’ performance, and she promised to put down her razor. To make her promise become true, we will have to provide her with another source of income. Suddenly, an excited Marcia pointed out a little girl who had hurt her wrist about two weeks ago whilst playing. The girl’s arm was tightly bandaged with a cloth and her hand was extremely swollen. After a lengthy discussion with the mother, we managed to convince her to take off the bandage and to accept our offer to have her taken to the next dispensary with our driver. This was the moment I realized how far reaching the consequences of FGM really are: It is the reason for illiteracy. If the little girl had not been taken to the dispensary, she would have likely lost her hand which, consequently, would have been interpreted as her being possessed by evil spirits.
Girl with hand injury
Picky Picky Boy takes the entire family to the dispensary
Much better after a couple of days
On the way to our meeting with the girls, we bumped into two 23years old women, each of them mother of four children, whom Agnes had identified as potential FGM victims. Spontaneously, we invited them to our meeting. The message of the girls was unanimous: Had they known what happened to them they would have never agreed, and they were all willing to do anything in their power to save their sisters and other girls and young women from this horrible procedure. Some of the girls are extremely traumatized and could not even talk about what had happened to them.
The two potential victims were listening carefully and incredulously. When asked about their motif to undergo FGM they both answered that they wanted to be “real” women. They were put under pressure by the husband and mother-in-law as well as by the midwife, who very often happens to be the circumciser, who threatened not to help her with future births. They did not show any comprehension for us reasoning that by bearing four children they already had proven their “being a real woman.” We do hope that these two young women will not succumb to the pressure of people around them. We left Mpirrishi with mixed feelings. The positive attitude of the teachers and the village chairmen make us hope that this community will refrain from FGM in the future. But this will be an exceptionally long and winding road as there is a total lack of local infrastructure.
After four hours’ drive it was already night when we arrived back in Kitengela.
Nasaru Masai Girls Learning Center
Next on our list was the visit of our project “Nasaru Learning Centre for Masai Girls” in Iloshon for the next day. Before Kitengela, we made another visit to the Kitengela Mall where we shopped – once again – for basics such as soap, detergent, sugar, salt, oil, sanitary pads, and toilet paper. As we planned to spend the night there, we also bought mattresses, which were safely stored on the roof of the car. Packed to capacity we started our way to Iloshon and noticed that the quality of the dust road – at least to Kudu Hills Project – hat improved significantly – or was it our lowered expectations?
Anyhow, shortly before arrival at destination our car broke down and we were lucky enough that the head teacher Paul and Geoffrey, the constructor who is building the fence around Nasaru, came to our rescue.
Paul, the headteacher and Paul, the builder (whose name actually is not Paul)
Unfortunately, the ongoing drought has taken its toll and many parents cannot or do not want to pay for the boarding of their girls. The price for cattle has dropped and the parents are lacking money for food and water. This was also one of the reasons why we had asked Geoffrey, who as constructor gets to different villages, already one year ago to identify twenty-five girls who are even worse off than others, to be sponsored by WeCare to board and thus to finish their education. We have discussed the reason for the parents’ reluctance with all people involved, the teachers, the cook, the matron, and the watchman. The fee structure has been named as the main reason and we discussed this with the head teacher. Eventually, we reached a compromise to lower the fee for the parents. We also pointed out that it is also the teachers’ responsibility to promote the boarding among the parents and thus convincing them about the importance of school education. Finally, we had some time with the girls, and we checked the presence of all the girls supported by us. Except for one sick student, all the students were present. We were surprised to discover that – except for few students – most of the girls did not know their birthday or at least their birth year. The following rope skipping competition was an enjoyable break for all.
After having had a meeting with the personal in our “bedroom” far beyond 10:00 pm, we were incredibly surprised and above all tired when were awoken at 04:30 am as the girls got up with a lot of noise. The following day we toured all grades and distributed pencils, pens, and exercise books to all 450 students.
Unfortunately, our too short stay has ended and it would have been nice to have more time to spend with the girls and to interact with them directly. Agnes had only identified potential victims of FGM as «designated girls” have filed down lower incisors. On our way back we made a little detour and Agnes pointed out a piece of land which she had rented thanks to WeCare-Association’s last year’s feeding program and which now provides the students of the Rehoboth Learning Centre with vegetables.
A small water reservoir next to tthe field
The bottom line of our visit to Kenya: Corona has worsened the situation for the poorest people and there is so much to do. So, let us do this: We are looking for godparents for our girls to make sure that these girls will be able to finish school and will be offered the opportunity for further education beyond primary school. As godfather/godmother of a girl, you will have the chance to establish a relationship with the girl and to follow up on her development. There will be progress reports three times a year, a Christmas letter written by the girl, the annual activity report of WeCare-Association as well as a small gift handmade with love in our workshop in Cambodia. More information will follow soon on our website: www.wecare-association.ch as well as on social media Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wecareassociation/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WeCareAssociation). We are grateful for very tiring and intensive day which touched and motivated us. We have met wonderful people who deserve a better future. “Education is life.” Only now do I understand the real meaning of this catch phrase.
An eventful and exciting year is coming to an end and we have lots of news to tell you!
WeCare Association membership In 2019, we added the item “Become active” on the website www.wecare-association.ch, whereby there are options to either become a member or to give a membership as a gift. It would be great if you could advertise it a bit. We’re happy about every new member! In addition, in 2019 we focused fully on the further development of our projects and intensified the collaboration with the local contacts.
Femmes des rizières After the launch of the launch collection, we are now working feverishly on the improvements and further development of the project. We were able to deliver the products ordered from Bazaar 2018 and held three sales events in 2019. Susi was in Cambodia in March and visited some projects and potential fabric suppliers on site and worked with the studio. The craftsmanship of the tailors is very high and they already work very precisely. We definitely still have to work on the processes, but we’re also very confident in this regard. The acceptance of the collection was very positive. However, we are still struggling with various problems, such as the local availability of fabrics and their quality, which unfortunately is not constant. Logistics is another challenge, as shipping to and from Battambang (Cambodia) is very time-consuming and cost-intensive. We are currently very open to various options as we have to be flexible in our orientation due to existing restrictions. We made several samples for a Swiss start-up company, which the customer liked and also satisfied in terms of quality, but the startup then reoriented itself. A Swiss designer made a wonderful fabric donation that is currently on its way to Cambodia, and we want to use it to make some upcycling models. We are also planning to launch a home and animal collection. Sales events are planned for 2020, the first being participation in the Atelier Days in Erlenbach in early April. We would kindly ask you all to follow Femmes des rizières on Instagram (femmes_des_rizieres) and on Facebook (Femmes des rizières)! There is not only news and information about the project, but also the data for the sales events. We are of course also looking for potential sales partners – so if someone knows somebody, please contact us!
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Meeting with potential fabric supplier. c
Lunch with the children in Pailin – a highlight!
Poster variations for the sales events
Sales event Zurich
NASARU – Learning Center for Masai Girls Manuela and Susi inaugurated the learning center during their visit at the end of June and were there when the 80 girls moved into their new home. It was a very impressive and emotional event. The girls are incredibly motivated and delighted. It also appears that the opening of the learning center will give the whole community a real boost. The tailoring teacher Faith started teaching in September, her students are the residents of Nasaru and their mothers. There were also a few young men! We have equipped them with a basic set of sewing utensils such as fabrics, threads, needles … but the idea is that in the future they can finance this by selling their handmade products. One of the products they are supposed to manufacture are period hygiene products for the girls. This would solve two problems in one fell swoop: A major problem for Kenyan girls is the availability of sanitary sanitary pads – they are often forced to buy them for sex! Unimaginable in our world! Sad reality in Kenya! We are still looking for volunteers to give the girls from NASARU additional English skills! We are also planning to set up a chicken coop in Nasaru in 2020 – we are currently evaluating the right organizational form and are still looking for the right project managers.
Opening of our NASARU learning center in Iloshon.
Masai women at the meeting in Iloshon
Textbooks for a primary school
Fountain Project Iloshon The geological report was unfortunately negative, which means that we have no guarantee that we will encounter water when drilling there. For this reason, no drilling is carried out. Alternatively, the construction of a pipeline from the nearest location is currently being evaluated. We are looking forward to the answer …
Business Hub Kitengela Agnes Gitogna founded a so-called SACCO Society. SACCO stands for Savings and Credit Cooperative, i.e. it is a savings and loan association. This group consists of 26 women and 4 men. The group meets with a trainer every Monday afternoon and each member pays 260 KES (approx. CHF 2.50) every week. The money saved in this way can be given as a loan to a member, with the monthly interest rate being an incredible 10%! The WeCare Association will cover the costs of the training for 6 months with the aim that we can then set up such a SACCO ourselves and accordingly have learning effects. We will then also have to discuss the correct interest rate. In this group, the participants also get a basic knowledge of commercial trade. For instance, they are about to develope a business model for selling sugar cane juice. Susi is in contact with Agnes every week to give input and also to understand where the problems are and what questions the participants have. Based on the sugar cane juice experience so far we realised that local conditions are not very business-friendly: To be able to sell the juice you need a health license, a health certificate, a sales license, an apron, a hat and rubber boots, electricity, refrigerator, benches and chairs… .. we are curious to see how this develops! The weather in Masailand has been quite capricious in 2019 and the rain has unfortunately failed to materialize at first. The drought paired with a certain lack of understanding for priorities unfortunately led to several cows in Olpirikata having died. The few remaining cows were brought to the northern part of Nakuru, where they are currently being nursed up. The WeCare Association has also paid the costs and we hope that the emaciated and weakened cows will recover! We regularly post on our website www.wecare-association.ch or on Instagram (wecareassociation) and on Facebook news and updates of our activities and project progress.
On June 30th, 2019 we were ready to go on another adventure. Susi and Manu left towards Zurich airport in order to catch the by now familiar flight to Nairobi, Kenya. As usual, we were travelling light with a mere 120 kg of luggage evenly distributed in four suitcases.
Our suitcases were filled with lots of donated clothes, wool, crocheting needles, colours and drawing blocks and about 100 t-shirts featuring the WeCare-Logo surrounded by depictions of the four extracurricular activities we want to launch for the girls at the NASARU- Learning Centre for Masai Girls.
Travelling light
We arrived in Nairobi in the evening and spent a quiet night in a hotel close to the airport. Early in the morning of the following day Giorgio came to pick us up and we left towards Kitengela where we had a meeting with Agnes Gitonga whom I had met via Facebook thanks to Elizabeth Leuenberger – Kajs. I was very much looking forward to this meeting. On our way there we stopped at a big supermakret to get some gifts. We bought a big carton of apples and oranges, 50 kg of rice, sugar, toilet paper and buiscuits for « Agnes’ children ». We also got a thermos for chai and for chapati for Agnes from Iloshon who last year had indicated that this was what she expected us to bring her. Whilst browsing through the household department we noticed two heavily armed men and Giorgio -kindly enough- reminded us that supermarkets as well as churches were the preferred targets for terrorist attacks in parictular when owned by Somalis as was the case with the supermarket we were in. As this news had a very soothing effect on us, we tried to leave the supermarket as soon as possible. With a rather full car we reached Kitengela. Agnes Giltonga had told me that she was in Noonkopir and that we should call her upon arriving in the vicinity. As we were lucky enough to have an internet connection in this very moment we were guided by Google Maps. We left the main road and came onto a dust road and the area became less and less welcoming. I called Agnes and with the help of a passer-by we managed to establish where we were. Agnes told us to meet her at the mosque. We only had to ask about five times in order to get to where Agnes was expecting us. She then guided us to her centre which actually consists of two different parts: On the one hand there is the Gibon Women Empowerment centre where women are being trained to be tailors and -above all- learn to develop self-esteem. On the other hand it is a school for grades 1 to 3 and a dormitory for up to 100 children. These children all come for extremely underprivileged families with parents who cannot afford to pay for public school. The small children already have to babysit their younger siblings and therefore cannot go to school.
In this really very impoverished environment there is a very positive atmosphere and you can sense change. You can literally feel the motivation to change which has been planted by powerhose Agnes in the heads of the women and children present. She is a wonderful role model for all the women in the centre and with her incredible determination she has managed to plant the seed for a very important change. We would like Agnes to come to Iloshon to convince our Nasaru Girls how important change is. We believe that Agnes as a local and « one of them » will have much more impact than a Muzungu (white foreigner) who does not have a clue about the way they live.
Moreover, we are striving to enter into a collaboration with one of the tailors trained at Agnes’ Center to come and teach our girls at the NASARU Learning Centre for Girls.
Handing over the gifts
The kids are happy with their gifts
After an emotional goodbye and our promise to come back we headed towards the next library to order the promised schoolbooks for Agnes. The librarian was very competent and promised to order them right away.
Agnes, you are not alone!
Our next stop was Olpirikata where we got a very clear demonstrations of one of the major problems: The community had been waiting for us and therefore was more than ready for our first meeting. The meeting started with a short prayer and then it was the turn of the village elder who did not only welcome us but made it clear that there were a number of urgent problems within the village that we were supposed to solve. Among these problems mentioned were: The farm’s neighbour sent her goats into the vegetable garden to graze the vegetables. A woman from the women’s cooperative had sold her jewellery in a different spot than was agreed upon. The lack of a doctor when they had already scared away two doctors. When it was my turn to address them I told them that we consider ourselves as project incubators and we accompany them until they are «grown-ups». Then the local population has to take over and assume the responsibility for the projects themselves comprising the solution of all problems that may arise.
Subsequently we went to pay a visit to all our projects to see their progress. The result was a little sobering but in all fairness we have to admit that new beginnings are difficult everywhere and there are no problems only solutions. We called on the local project owners to solve their problems on their own but promised to be at their disposal for any kind of input they might need.
We provided the project owners with clearly defined, quantitative objectives/goals and asked them to provide regular feedback on the project progress.
In this context, I had a very conclusive and interesting talk with three young Masai men. When asked about their visions for their future on of them wanted to become the boss of a big company and the other two dreamed of being future shop owners. Only one of the two future shop-owners had a very clear vision of what he wanted to sell in his shop, namely spare parts. The other man did not have any clue what he wanted to do with a shop. There is need for a lot of change, above all in the people’s heads!
The same evening a young Italian volunteer named Rosaria joined our little group. Rosaria will spend the next couple of weeks to visit the different villages together with Giorgio and to treat the children’s skin with soap as they very often suffer from a fungus that can apparently be cured rather easily. They will also wash the childrens’ eyes with a saline solution in order to prevent or to ease eye infections caused by the fine dust of the Savannah.
On the next morning we left Olpirikata in direction Iloshon. The atmosphere there was overwhelming and we were welcomed in grand Masai style as the excitement and want for change was tangible.
As we are about to launch the social label Femmes des rizières pretty soon, we would like to take the opportunity to get to know those Femmes des Rizières – the women of the rice fields, whom we had in mind when creating the brand name.
Sophan is a young Cambodian woman 25 years of age. She has been living in the Safe House since 2010 together with her two younger sisters. They share a room with 14 other girls and on a typical day she gets up between 05:00 and 05:30 o’clock as they have to do some homework with the younger children before they go to school. Sophan graduated from high school 4 years ago and right now she is already in her third year as a student at the university of Battambang with her major being management. She also benefits from the computer courses offered in the Safe House and is attending them in the morning and in the afternoon. Moreover, she teaches English at the Safe House to the younger children and she enjoys this a lot. During her lessons she tries to teach the children in a playful way and so they sing, dance and also play games – in English! On the weekends she has to continue her English studies at least for two hours. In her spare time she likes to ride the bike to the rice fields together with her friends from the Safe House or to just hang out with her friends. She is a very talented photographer and an avid reader. She also likes to play Volleyball. Her younger sister is 22 years old and is also already studying at the university with her major being English. She has also taken up teaching English at the Safe House. Her youngest sister, who is a little bit shy, is still in high school and she loves drawing and dancing. They have changed a lot since they arrived at the Safe House a couple of years ago and they have turned into very lovely, intelligent and well educated young women who are striving towards a bright future.
On November 16th, 2017, the graduation ceremony for the tailors took place already for the third time. A total of 15 graduates proudly accepted their diplomas which were handed over by their teachers together with Theavy Bun.
The girls proudly accepted their diplomas – some of them very timidly.
Following the ceremony they presented themselves in their graduation works, i.e. their beautiful yellow and orange dresses.
Thanks to Theavy who has undertaken a major effort, 10 out of the total 15 graduates have found a job. One girl will open up her own tailor’s shop and two will continue their education. Two young women have to take care of their respective families. Bravo Theavy!!! The project was completely financed by Fondation Le Solstice – an impressive project!
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