It’s now my third week with Riverkids and there is so much I have been exposed to regarding information on child trafficking and the general situation in Cambodia. I come to know of a real-life account on how a young girl from Riverkids escaped from a foreign pedophile and eventually brought him to court.
On one hand, it saddens me to hear such a heart-breaking story of a girl raped on multiple occasions (this is the harsh reality, I told myself). On the other hand, I am relief to learn that a child’s bravery supersedes fear in this case and that saved her life.
Many children in the Cambodian communities we are working with are benefiting from our programmes. I love, in particular, the Get Ready Programmes. It is such a wonderful model that we are implementing in other nearby slums to eventually eliminate child trafficking.
Besides loading myself with a deluge of information, I am planning for a few major campaigns, putting together grants for Riverkids and corresponding with our donors. It allows me to leverage on my past work experience in business development, marketing communications and of course, my love for kids!
Next month will be another exciting month, I will come face to face with the people we are serving in the slums. Besides interacting with them, I shall be capturing many precious moments on my digital camera.
I will get to meet our colleagues there and I think the first thing I want to do when I meet them is to commend them for the relentless and conscientious effort that they have been putting in to give their very best to the people in need.
I will also get to meet other NGOs and am looking forward to learn as much as I can from them. I shall return to the blog to provide more exciting news!
On one hand, it saddens me to hear such a heart-breaking story of a girl raped on multiple occasions (this is the harsh reality, I told myself). On the other hand, I am relief to learn that a child’s bravery supersedes fear in this case and that saved her life.
Many children in the Cambodian communities we are working with are benefiting from our programmes. I love, in particular, the Get Ready Programmes. It is such a wonderful model that we are implementing in other nearby slums to eventually eliminate child trafficking.
Besides loading myself with a deluge of information, I am planning for a few major campaigns, putting together grants for Riverkids and corresponding with our donors. It allows me to leverage on my past work experience in business development, marketing communications and of course, my love for kids!
Next month will be another exciting month, I will come face to face with the people we are serving in the slums. Besides interacting with them, I shall be capturing many precious moments on my digital camera.
I will get to meet our colleagues there and I think the first thing I want to do when I meet them is to commend them for the relentless and conscientious effort that they have been putting in to give their very best to the people in need.
I will also get to meet other NGOs and am looking forward to learn as much as I can from them. I shall return to the blog to provide more exciting news!
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