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New projects at the Cambodia Goducate Children’s Home

The raining season in Cambodia is over, and construction on a few projects commenced at the Goducate Children’s Home in Prey Nob, Cambodia, in Dec 2010. One of the projects was to build a security fence around the farm area. Fruits and vegetables used to disappear, or else get trampled or eaten by wandering cows or buffalo from outside the Home, and we hope that the fence will keep future intruders out.

Work has indeed started. We built a low brick wall along the front perimeter and the fence will be fixed above this brick wall. For the other 3 sides, we will not build the brick walls.

Front Fence

With the completion of the fence within another month, the children at the Home will commence once again with planting and tending to their little plots of vegetables. Rice and corn will also be planted, and all these will provide the residents with a good supply of wholesome, organic food for the dinner table.

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Visit by the Goducate Children’s Home to the USS Mustin

The children from the Goducate children’s home in Prey Nob, near Sihanoukville Cambodia, had a big treat early this month – they were invited by the United States Navy to tour one of the guided missile destroyers from the 7th Fleet – the USS Mustin!

The children, over 40 of them, queued up and were orderly and well behaved as they boarded the destroyer, and they were divided into two groups. During the tour, the boys were allowed to pose with the big guns, and they had a field day indeed! Perhaps some of them had now determined to join the Navy when they grow up!


The USS Mustin often calls at the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and act as goodwill ambassadors, giving their time and resources to the poor in Cambodia.

Ceiling fans sponsored by the US Navy

The US Navy had been involved in community work with the Goducate children’s home since early 2010. The kids received free dental treatment from the Navy dentists during an earlier visit, and the Navy also sponsored the purchase and installation of several ceiling fans at the Children’s Home.

Goducate looks forward to more opportunities for co-operation with the US Navy in the near future.

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New teachers at the Goducate Children’s Home Cambodia

The Goducate Children’s Home in Prey Nob, Cambodia admitted 14 new children a few months ago, and immediately started them on the Learning To Read ABCs program. For many of these kids, it was the first time they had a chance to learn to read and write, and within a few months, many of these little ones graduated from this program with flying colors.

The new school semester will begin in September, and a week ago, the Children’s Home welcomed a new full-time teacher, Evangeline, into their midst. In three weeks time, a Filipino couple trained in education will visit and survey the Home with the aim of committing to a long term stay when the semester starts.

These new teachers together with volunteer and short-term teachers will be a great asset to the Goducate Children’s Home. They will not only care for the children’s academic needs, but will also take on the responsibilities of house-parents, becoming “mother” and “father” figures to these children.