Quarterly Sponsor Report

Update for: 3rd Quarterly, 2012

Grant Title: Kangaroo Club, Individual Sponsors in SCA

To: Sustainable Cambodia Australia Grant Manager: Yamchenda Khvan RC Pursat President: Sophalla Orn, phalla@rotarypursat.com

This is a Three-Monthly detailed update on Kangaroo Club activities. Included are

Club activities with photos

Teachers and students photos

Individual Kangaroo photos

Attendance of each student at SLMS and Government School

Computer courses

Sponsor activities and correspondence.

Reports on any outstanding students. i.e. Kangaroos taking leaving examinations (university

entrance in 2012)

If there are any questions concerning the Kangaroo Club, please don't hesitate to contact SC’s

offices in Pursat.

Achievements / Outcomes

Kangaroo meeting:

On September 5th

, the Kangaroo club had a meeting. They talked about the Kangaroo

club's plans for a new club president, about learning to sing the songs as a group, how to

do a role play as group, about planning to clean the school campus, and they talked about

the Kangaroo uniforms and kangaroo letters. Kangaroo students had many ideas in

responding to the new president and they asked the new Kangaroo president to pick the

role plays and a group song as well as many other activities for kangaroo club. They were

happy to join and help their group from time to time. They wanted to have a lot of

activities to show all visitors who come to visit the school.

School campus:

During the school days, they also picked up trash in order to protect their environment,

promote clean and fresh air, and to make the school beautiful. Moreover they make

students on the club members to understand the disadvantages of the trash in their home.

They have also encouraged the students to put the trash into the trash bin to protect them-

selves from illness. The club also created the rotated schedule that all of the club

members to spend time to help their classes and school campus in Lasky School to be

clean.

Kangaroo students Learning:

All of the club members have been very

actively in their public school and Lasky

School. The teachers have provided them

the daily exercises and class activities for

all of the students included the Kangaroo

club members to practice at home and do

more study research in the library. With

having the club responsible teacher, all of

the club members have attended their

public school and Lasky School regularly

and they always review the lessons when

they stay at home after they help their

parents work.

Kangaroo Students Activities:

In July- September 2012, Kangaroo students

played basketball with their friends and

created a special time. They were happy and

showed their competitive spirit with their

friends by playing basketball. Not only

studying in the class, they also enjoy reading

in the library, playing, and having fun with

their friends in Lasky School.

Computer Class:

4 Kangaroo students just finished their final examinations in the computer basis on Word

and Excel for 6 months. The four Kangaroo students have continued their studying in the

computer lab for improving their typing. They were trying to study and also have good

enjoyment about their studies in the Lasky School classes.

Communication with Kangaroo Club sponsors:

The Kangaroo students communicated with their sponsors by writing letters. In this

academic year, The two Kangaroo students have graduated their high school and

planning to go to their university after the final state examination. Two of them have

been orientated about the scholarship policy and scholarship agreement. All of them have

applied to our scholarship. Based on their plan, they will apply to study at Battambang

University in Battambang province and Angkor Khemera University in Pursat province.

They do not decide to apply for the specific faculty yet because they are waiting to

receive the government scholarship that they have applied. Moreover the students have

corresponded 65 responded letters in total for their sponsors from July to September

2012.

Kangaroo student’s handmade activity

On the 13th

of September 2012, the Kangaroo club president joined in making paper

planes with 33 Kangaroo students. They quickly understood how to fold the paper to

make the paper planes and they also kept their handmade planes to show any visitors who

come to visit Lasky School occasionally. The Kangaroo students were happy to make the

airplanes and they hope they can do other activities as well.

Finally for all of those activities, our teachers have worked hard to help the students and

share all the experiences of the way to successful in studying and lead them go to their

goal.

Hosted by: The Rotary Club of Pursat, established in 2005, has 25 members including School Directors, NGO Coordinators, managers, teachers,

healthcare professionals, students and business people. The Rotary Club of Pursat works to assist families and children in Pursat Province,

emphasizing self-sustaining community development, healthy water and sanitation, good food, health care and education for the residents. Officially Chartered 24 February 2006. Club ID: 72097. District 3350 www.rotarypursat.com

In cooperation with: Sustainable Cambodia/Sustainable Cambodia Australia is a Rotary-supported nonprofit organization working to help the

residents of Cambodian villages create a sustainable quality of life. The organization emphasizes empowerment, helping village families build wells, irrigation systems and schools, and training them in agriculture and vocation, empowering and enabling

them to create positive and measurable change in their villages. Sustainable Cambodia is registered in Cambodia as an NGO and

in the USA as a charitable organization. www.SustainableCambodia.org.