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September 2026

Rainy Season

With the rainy season here, Old Hope Sschool has been badly flooded again. For students’ safety, all classes are suspended and students are to remain at home until further notice.

A New Learning Centre

We are delighted to celebrate the opening of a new learning centre in Sihanouk village. This centre gives children in the community a safe and welcoming place to learn, develop their skills, and grow in confidence. It will provide new opportunities for education and help children build a brighter future for themselves and their village.

Meals for Sen Chay Government School

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but a nourishing meal each week helps keep hunger away for students at Sen Chay Government School. Through Allan’s generous donation, students at Sen Chay School and two other government schools were able to enjoy a decent and fulfilling meal. For many of these children, this regular meal is an important source of nourishment. The meal may be simple, but its impact is significant. We are deeply grateful to Allan and his generosity is making a meaningful difference in the health and education of children in these communities.

Meals for Hope Schools

Thanks to Allan’s continued donations, nutritious meals can be provided to students at all Hope Schools. Although these meals are simple and not a luxury, they are filling and provide the nourishment children need to stay healthy. Allan’s generosity makes a meaningful difference in the lives of many students and supports their education and well-being.

Activities at Hope Schools

Our teachers are regularly supported through Foo Yong Kwong’s monthly contributions. This generous support helps us support part of our teachers monthly salary. Despite their salary not matching those offered in the education sector, the teachers make many personal sacrifices to educate, encourage, and guide the children in our schools. We express our heartfelt gratitude to Foo Yong Kwong for this faithful support.

August 2026

Rice Project for Hope Schools

Every bit of support for the children in Siem Reap is deeply appreciated. Special thanks to Allan for generously providing a bag of rice to each of the 320 students of Hope Schools

Classes at Hope Schools

Thanks to the teachers from the various Hope Schools for generously giving their time to support the children in Siem Reap and help them improve their language skills.

Fun At New HS

Teacher Sophea has always been innovative in managing New Hope School. At times, she plans games instead of conducting a regular lesson, making learning enjoyable and encouraging students to look forward to coming to school.

Published on: June 15, 2015

June 2015 Updates - What the students do in between classes

Ever wonder what the students do as recreation in between classes? The Singapore volunteers noticed that some of the girls play the traditional game of zero point. There is a slight difference between the version played in Siem Reap and the version played in Singapore. But the rules seem to be the same. Watch it here!

Published on: June 15, 2015

June 2015 Updates - The first visit to the new permanent site of Hope School!

In May 2015, an intense fundraising effort was done to raise the funds needed to purchase a new land site for the permanent location of Hope School. Hope School's current location is rented from a landlord and there were plans by the landlord to sell off the whole piece of land. This became a problem as Hope School would have to cease operations with immediate effect, whenever it happened. Thus, the search for a new permanent site began.

A piece of land measuring 40 meters (length) by 15 meters (width) was purchased in May 2015 in a neighbouring village at the price of USD$20 000. Although it would have been a better plan to purchase a piece of land of a good size in the same village where the local staffs and volunteers have built many long lasting relationships with the nearby government elementary and high schools, this move turned out to be a blessing in disguise as the new village chief was very supportive and elated to have an English school built to serve the children, youth and families of his village!

Once more, many thanks to the many donors who donated generously for this worthy cause! The donors were:
-Mrs Jessie Yin : $500
-Mrs Jasmine Chong : $100
-Alan Hung : $200
-Anonymous (I) : $1000
-Anonymous (II) : $500
-Jacquelyn : $100
-Charlyn : $500
-Anonymous (III) : $5000

The Singapore volunteers were finally able to visit the permanent site! Even though the land is sparse with wild vegetation and a lot of work was needed before lessons could begin, being there felt like a homecoming and represented a new chapter for Hope School! Here is a video of the new permanent site!

Let's celebrate together for this new and momentous chapter of Hope School's history!

Published on: June 15, 2015

June 2015 Updates - Overseas Volunteer Trip to Hope School Day 1

he overseas volunteer team from Singapore arrived in Siem Reap, Cambodia and started their first day of teaching there. This was the first time that the Singapore volunteer team planned to teach for a longer period of time - 3 days! As such, the team prepared enough teaching materials for the students for those 3 days.

The volunteer team of 4 people - Jamie, Audrey, Charlyn and Sofia, were further divided into 2 small sub-groups and each took different classes. As they were taking the same classes throughout the whole 3 days, they were able to build deeper relationships with the students.

Jamie and Audrey prepared some lessons to teach students of some commonly found items in a classroom. The students had a chance to learn the English words and the Khmer corresponding words too. The students all had a fun time learning new words that they could identify in their classrooms!

Charlyn and Sofia prepared a small booklet to teach their students 2 main aspects of English - the 5Ws and 1H and prepositions. Each student in their classes received this small booklet that they would use during the 3 days. Sofia also prepared a small but very meaningful gift for each student. She and her friends had prepared a small specialized message of encouragement for the students on the booklet, so that whenever the students use the booklet, they would be reminded of the encouragement and blessing from Singapore.

The volunteers also brought with them the bookshelf that was to be the first library in Hope School. Sofia, Rith (a local volunteer) and teacher Thon started to assemble the bookshelf during break time. See them hard at work!

Jamie's 2 friends donated brand new story books for the library! The students were so excited about those books and immediately started picking them up to read!

After that, lessons continued after lunch! More students came and were able to learn from the volunteers. They enjoyed the lessons and the activities greatly!

But lessons in itself were quite monotonous and mundane. So the volunteers spiced things up with the students by incorporating games and activities!

The lessons continued until the evening. Even though the volunteers were tired from teaching all day, the passion and dedication of the students to come and learn English touched them greatly. Hence, they continued to teach with even more enthusiasm!

So that was the end of the first day of teaching by the Singapore volunteers! They and the students could not wait to resume lessons the next day!

Published on: May 23, 2015

May 2015 Updates

For this month, the students welcome a new part time teacher - Mr Chomrong! He teaches from 5pm to 6pm daily. So in total, the students have 3 different teachers - Teacher Thon, Teacher Van nak and Teacher Chomrong! On top of that, the students have all learnt that a bunch of Singaporean volunteers are coming in June to visit and they are all happy and looking forward to it!

Here are some photos of the students in the midst of their lessons.

For this month's refreshments, the students had a treat - cupcakes and biscuits! The students love the food! Just look at the glee on their faces!

Children will be children. After their lessons, they get together for their own bonding time - games!

The Singapore volunteers have been in full speed preparing the logistics for the June trip. One of the highlights of the upcoming trip is the installation of a small library. With assistance from various generous donors, a lightweight but durable bookshelf was purchased and books were donated. At the same time, there are other donors who are contributing in purchasing around 5-6 English-Khmer, Khmer-English dictionaries.

Some other sponsors have kindly donated stationery and titbits for the students for the school's 2nd anniversary celebration! Each folder contains various types of stationery, including an old-school favourite - national flags erasers!

Published on: March 28, 2015

March 2015 Updates

Lessons at Hope School carried on as usual. The attendance was very good! The students were very enthusiastic in learning about English and to interact with their fellow classmates.

The main mode of transport for most of the students are bicycles and motorcycles. Most of the students do not live in the village where Hope School is located, so as a result they have to travel quite a distance in order to attend the lessons.

For this month's refreshments, the students were also able to enjoy bread and Malo sweet milk during refreshments. They were completely enjoying it!

One special treat that the students experienced was that a group of Singaporean volunteers came to visit them and taught a special ad-hoc lesson. The students definitely had a memorable time of connecting, interacting and learning from them.

Published on: February 1, 2015

February 2015 Updates

The students got a special treat for the refreshments. Teachers Thon and Arun prepared and cooked banana sweet dessert for them. This banana sweet dessert is a local dish. The main ingredients are banana, coconut milk, sweet milk and sugar. As seen from the photos, the students really loved and enjoyed it!