The floods are still bad, seen from above, right East of Phnom Penh:
the Mekong... and flooded fields
Thursday, 20 October 2011
bye Cambodia
I left Cambodia on Thursday- missing training, trainees and friends already. But longing to see Denzil and the kids after 2 weeks!
The floods are still bad, seen from above, right East of Phnom Penh:
The floods are still bad, seen from above, right East of Phnom Penh:
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
packing!
Today was the last day of the Training the Trainers level 2 - packing tonight to get back to Shanghai tomorrow !
Tuesday: after a day of meeting, back to the training room for level 2!
A few Vietnamese snacks for the break
Interactive
Tshumripsur! Hello!
Much laughter... as always!
Serious work too!
and more laughter!
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Day 10 in Phnom Penh
No training today! But a series of meetings to see how we can make our programmes sustainable and reach more people...
On the way back from the first meeting, we drove along the Mekong River- it is almost at the same level of the street.
On the way back from the first meeting, we drove along the Mekong River- it is almost at the same level of the street.
more training
2 half days of training (yesterday and today) with the year 1 students at Enfants du Mekong. They got their first allowance this month, so really useful !! Crammed one meeting and a nice lunch in between and I changed hotel - much nicer and near the EdM centre- but far from the city centre and not much around. Nice to chat with the same waitresses as in March.
back to civilisation: CCTV
mmm not sure about the Khmer channels
Karaoke is a BIG thing here
the ultimate: Bollywood film subtitled in Chinese... okay, I am a bit tired tonight...
Friday, 14 October 2011
Field trip
Visit of Sao Sary Foundation today- local NGO in Kampong Speu who is implementing financial literacy in their livelihood programmes. Kampong Speu is at 50 km from Phnom Penh and one of the poorest provinces in Cambodia. The Foundation targets children victims of abuse and trafficking. Families without income and they take debt after debt ... at 30% daily interest (you read well...)- at this rate, this is just slavery.
English lesson at the centre
local restaurant where we had lunch
interesting choice of words
Back to Phnom Penh after 1 hour 1/2 in a mini-van with 25 passengers + driver + the guy calling for more passengers to get in... gives me idea on better utilising my car once back home...
the Central Market at rush hour
students choosing a phone
Thursday, 13 October 2011
another day in Phnom Penh
Today was the last day of the level 1 training the trainers- always a very busy day, time to wrap up, make sure participants have a solid understanding of key financial education elements and are ready to apply their knowledge to themselves and transfer it to their clients. A nice challenge... Tomorrow- no training! (That was the 6th day in a row)- but visit of a NGO out of Phnom Penh.
A few pictures taken from the tuc-tuc;
A few pictures taken from the tuc-tuc;
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
5th day
5th day in Phnom Penh and 3rd day of Training the Trainers.
The hotel where the training is held (1st floor):
The hotel where the training is held (1st floor):
Monday, 10 October 2011
Training the trainers day 1
3rd day in Phnom Penh. Today the training the trainers level 1 was starting - 14 NGO workers attend.
Big thunderstorm at the end of the day. Phnom Penh streets were partly flooded... And the road to Siem Reap is cut again and Siem Reap apparently under more than one meter of water.
Big thunderstorm at the end of the day. Phnom Penh streets were partly flooded... And the road to Siem Reap is cut again and Siem Reap apparently under more than one meter of water.
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Day 2
15 graduated students - ready to earn their first salary and eager to learn how to manage it and support their families.
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