Blue Bird Education Cambodia
Activities 2025
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March (1)
BBE had an educational & financial support program for children in Thpong, Kampong Speu. This year the students who can be supported have increased up to 13 in this region.
They tried their hand at paper crafts, something they are not usually familiar with. As the Khmer Ney Year was is coming up, they a handmade card with a snake and flower motif. The highlight of the program was to create symmetrical flower shapes from folding and cutting colored paper.
They were very happy with small improvements they made throughout the program. We believe that there is value in the accumulation of these small improvements.
March (2)
The Royal School of Administration had another global program in South Korea. This was a little different from the usual administrative study tours, as it focused on the communications and IT field this time.
In the program, BBE assisted to coordinate a Cambodian officials’ visit to Seoul National University of Science and Technology, where the faculty members were very cooperative and shared valuable info with the delegation. We are sincerely grateful for their warm welcome.
April (1)
We had a program of creative writing with our foster children in Kratie.
First, children practiced how to explain and describe a given scene or picture accurately in detail. We need this skill for a smooth communication.
Once children became familiar with it, we asked them to add some imaginative descriptions to the given picture. They individually practiced it for a few times with different pictures.
Finally, we divided children into small groups and handed a very simple picture, in which not many things to describe, to each group and asked them to create a totally new story from that picture.
For some children this was a challenging experience. For some, they showed an ability to create a humorous conclusion or come up with beautiful poetic narrations.
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi pref.
April (2)
BBE again assisted the overseas program of the Royal School Administration, which was held in Japan. This time, the program focused on educational administration, learning about school management and educational policies.
In Miyoshi city, Hiroshima, the city's Board of Education shared its initiatives and then we visited primary and secondary schools to see how these policies are being implemented.
In Hiroshima city, we visited the Eikei Prefectural University, which aims to develop talents who can design the future, and in Shimonoseki city, Yamaguchi, we were able to learn about the past and current state of special needs education systems in particular.
The delegation had opportunities to experience Japanese culture in between, making it a very fulfilling program.
July
We visited our foster children in Kampoing Speu under the cloudy weather of the rainy season. The activities this time were to practice brainstorming to organize the thoughts and to make a summer greeting card.
Brainstorming was used as a preparation for writing an essay. The theme of the essay was "What I like." Most of the foster children were new to our support this year, so we wanted to get to know them better, and because many of them are not used to writing, we chose an easy theme.
Regarding summer greetings, we first introduced the culture of sending letters to show consideration for others seasonally and on special occasions, and then we let them think about things that can represent particularly this time of year. It might be difficult to feel any big changes throughout the year in Cambodia, but this should be a good opportunity to see daily life from a deeper perspective.
When they had an idea, they drew it on a card. The children didn't seem to be used to drawing, but they drew with their own individuality.
The first craft uses a pulley-like structure where pulling one side raises the other.
August
Our foster children in Kratie challenged to make another crafts. When you pull the string, something pops out from the top, or the cover opens.
Once knowing the structure, we can understand the principles behind it, but we don't really use that kind of knowledge very often in our daily lives. This is even more true for the children in this rural area. However, if they are open to learning, they will find plenty of opportunities to apply what they have learned. This time again, the program is designed to provide them with the discovery.
