A Rainy Saturday Afternoon at Steven House

It is now the rainy season in Phnom Penh and kids are running in the streets enjoying the cool weather. What do kids at the Riverkids Project do on such Saturdays?

I arrived at the area near the slums where the Steven House is located. The sky was gloomy and Joanne's face reflected this.



At the opening of the usually crowded alley which leads to the Steven House, there was no one to be seen. Braving the rain with our seemingly puny umbrellas, we head over to the Steven House.

The Saturday art lesson was just ending as we stepped in.
On the whiteboard was the art work for the day.


Jolene's pretty butterfly!

Jolene had pasted the children's work on the wooden wall so the kids can see their own artwork decorating the walls. She used paper glue to paste them on and it amazed me to see that it actually worked!



Due to the downpour outside, Jolene could not leave the schoolroom so she decided to teach the kids some nursery rhymes, complete with jiggles.



Finally, the rain abated a little and Jolene went back on her motorcycle. The kids ran out of school and into the slums, rejoicing in the rain. School's over for the day.