The Goducate Children’s Home in Prey Nob, Cambodia, near the seaport of Sihanoukville, currently houses 33 children. Several others have already turned 18 and have left the Home to work. Two older boys, Samuel and Joshua, are completing their studies in Cebu City, Philippines.
The Home provides a safe, loving environment for Cambodian children who had lost one or both parents, or who simply became unwanted by their families when their parents split up and remarried. Each child has a sponsor to meet their physical needs i.e the cost of their education, food and medical care.
Recently, one of the teenage boys, on an adventurous exploration of the far corners of the Home, suddenly decided to catch a squirrel he had spotted on a big tree. 14-year-old Andrew, despite the admonishments of his friends, shined up the tree. Unfortunately, his climbing skills was unable to match the squirrel’s, and he took a tumble and broke several bones. Recovery was quick, and the Home was thankful to his sponsor for graciously bearing the cost of hospitalisation.
