Naou Chan # 135

The Cambodia Rural School Project The Seattle-Sihanoukville Friendship School Naou Chan is thirteen years old. She attends fourth grade. Naou Chan is thirteen years old. She attends fourth grade. Her mother, a widow, is a farmer. Chan has four brothers and two sisters. Three of them study together with her at the school. The school […]

The Cambodia Rural School Project

The Seattle-Sihanoukville

Friendship School



Naou Chan is thirteen years old. She attends fourth grade.

Naou Chan is thirteen years old. She attends fourth grade. Her mother, a widow, is a farmer. Chan has four brothers and two sisters. Three of them study together with her at the school. The school is a ten-minute walk away from her house. She was ranked first in her class, out of thirty-nine students

On the New Building: “I like the new school very much. The old building didn’t have enough desks for everyone. Sometimes as many as seven students had to share the same desk. Now, there are only two per desk, and enough space.

 

Favorite Subject: “My favorite subjects are Khmer and Math. They are important, because if you can read and can make you understand everything. Of the two, math is most difficult. I’m not very good at calculating.”

 

On English and Computer Classes: They’re just like Khmer and Math, only a little different”

 

On Her Future Plans: “After school I would like to become a teacher. As a teacher, you get a regular salary every month.”

 

If She Could Do Anything: “I would want to help the poor, because they need help.”

 

Message to the Donor: “Thank you for building the school for me.”