Kim has been working on different projects that can improve the lives of children and families outside the monuments of Angkor. Since the project’s creation in 2007, we’ve grown from one school with 287 students to eleven schools with 5375 students in grades ranging from primary to high school. In addition to building schools and offering school supplies, another way we’ve been able to help improve education is through the donation of bicycles.
With schools located anywhere from 5km-13km from the homes of many rural children, bikes are often the only way for students to get to school. Offering bikes to students does more than just provide them with transportation; when families know their children have a bike to get to school, enrollment improves and dropout rates decrease.
We’ve been providing bicycles to students for six years now. The first year, 2011, we offered only 12 bicycles. By 2016, we were able to provide 251 bikes for kids from nine primary and middle schools.
This school year ends in August and our goal for the upcoming year is to double what we have been able to provide in the past. We’re hoping to offer 500 bikes to our students. One bicycle cost $45.
We need your love. Please consider sponsoring 1, 3, 5 or more children by funding their bikes! Thank you so much for taking the time to consider the above.
