Rural Schools Program

Build a rural school or adopt an existing school and enhance it with computer training, English lessons, vegetable gardens and more! Give children of the rural poor areas of Cambodia opportunities for a better education and brighter life.

Rural Schools and List of Donors

The Cambodia Rural School Project

The Piero Derossi School



The Piero Derossi School under construction, with cows (Feb. 2000)

Number of School: 6
Name of School: The Piero Derossi School
Name of Donor: Daniele Agostino Foundation
Location of School
Province: Preah Vihear
District: Choâm Ksant
Commune: Pring Thum
Village: Thmat Paeuv
Status: Complete
Start of Construction:  September 9, 1999
End of Construction: April 4, 2000
Construction Company: Kim Khim Com.
District Population: 35,000
Student body: 264
Teaching staff: 6
Classrooms: 6 (1 room=72 m2)
Average students per room: 44
Distance from city: 360 km
Travel Time: 2 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Local builders constructing the school (Feb. 2000)


Neun Ty, JRFC admininstrative assistant, and Douglas Schlemmer, Program Director of the Rural School Project, speak with the parents and children of Thmat Paeuv Village. Like other villagers of Cambodia, these people have never seen a foreign person before the construction of their JRFC school. (Feb. 2000)
(photo copyright by John Caserta, may not be reproduced without permission)


Parents and children of Thmat Paeuv Village gather to look at the visitors (Feb. 2000)
(photo copyright by John Caserta, may not be reproduced without permission)


Students of the Piero Derossi School (Feb. 2000)


Students of the Piero Derossi School (Feb. 2000)
(photo copyright by John Caserta, may not be reproduced without permission)


In Their Own Words. . . 

Norg Bot, deputy school director

Chhen Moa, a first grade student

Chen Socheat, an 11 years old second grade student

Tep Sophorn, a fourth grade student

Noung Both is a second grade teacher at the school

Yin Socheat is in third grade at the school.

Cham Meas lives 200m away from the school.
Norng Bot # 6
Chhen Moa # 6
Chen Socheat # 6
Tep Sophorn # 6
Noung Both # 6
Yin Socheat # 6
Cham Meas # 6