After three days of clambering around Angkor Wat there may still be a gap in your Cambodia experience: making a connection with the local people. I recommend teaching at Savong's School. I was apprehensive but the students were welcoming and enthusiastic and their humour is infectious. The full-time teachers accompany you and handle translation and the local style is to work from a glossary of words. Now Savong runs a bigger volunteer school (thanks to overseas support) and it serves 350 students in a rural area east of Siem Reap. Most of these kids are very poor but they value education enormously and languages represent the best hope of getting future employment, thanks to the tourism industry. It has become customary for visitors to make a small donation to help the school (US$10- 20 or more if you want to make a difference) or at least to bring a football (kids were wearing Beckham t-shirts when I was first there) or a volleyball or go shopping with Savong to find books or pens for the kids. Overall the whole experience was very moving for me.

D&D Angkor Villa Guest House liases closely with the school.
The school is 30 minutes east of Siem Reap and Savong can arrange transport for you (the back of his motorbike if you're alone - or tuk tuk if there are more than one of you.)
www.angkorvilla.com
www.savong.com

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