SIA visits!

Actually, it's not the whole SIA (Singapore Airlines). It's the SIA 5Cs group. They volunteer in non-government organisations to put in their effort towards making the world a better place.

Evon was over at the Alexandra House, the Steven's House and the Churten House in the slums. One thing that I have learnt about the slum children during this trip is that, the kids love taking pictures and are very happy to oblige as long as the photographer shows them their images on the digital camera.

I managed to weasel this picture out from Evon's online album to post here because I thought it was so beautiful.


(Credits to Evon Ng)

In the picture with the kids is Evon herself. She was a great hit with the kids and her hands were in great demand: every kid wanted to hold her hand. They are all very mischievous monkeys, but at the same time, they are so adorable. Standing at the extreme right hand side of the picture is Chin Chea, the social worker who works with the families living near the Churten House. Like Sophon, he speaks Khmer, Vietnamese and English and is already a favourite with the children even though he has only worked for Riverkids for a month.

SIA is coming in mid July to organise a funfair to educate children in Riverkids and their families about child trafficking, the ways to avoid it and the risks it poses to the family unit.
(We are very big about keeping families together.)
Fun and games for the families to play together are expected. It promises to be a great event!

Riverkids currently has 104 children in the register. It warms my heart greatly to hear that the parents living around the Churten House has asked Chin Chea about a place in the new school even though it has not been renovated! News of us is certainly spreading fast in the slums and it's a good sign because it shows that we are effective.

We are still in Cambodia and will be flying back to Singapore tomorrow. Will post up pictures (photo essays from me!) when I'm back home because internet connection is limited here.