It was so heartwarming to see the children, performing, singing enthusiastically, at the end-of-semester Closing Program two weeks ago in Cambodia! Over 30 children were presented with medals after successfully completing another grade at the end of an eventful school year at the Goducate Children’s Home in Prey Nob, Cambodia.
Many of these children came from impoverished backgrounds – their parents too poor to provide even a meal a day for them. They had worked long, hard hours as soon as they could walk – collecting used aluminium cans and plastic bottles from the garbage to recycle, hauling cement and bricks at construction sites, selling home-cooked food from door to door – such were their sad lives before they were admitted to the Children’s Home. Here, they had a chance at education, and within months, they flourished and blossomed into happy, confident kids.
Goducate sponsors have adopted individual kids, providing funds monthly for their welfare and education – so that these poor children will have a future, and contribute to the society they live in.