Sreyrath, the head Children’s Future Education Advocate, makes our organization unique. Since Children’s Future created the ‘Education Advocate’ program with Sreyrath’s leadership, the rate of student dropout has decreased about 67% on average per year. Students who would otherwise be vulnerable to trafficking and endemic poverty are excelling in their education with support from Sreyrath [...]
By Krista Degerness My experience as a teacher trainer at Children’s Future International has been an extraordinary adventure of learning. For the first several weeks, I spent time observing the teachers as they worked with students during fun season. My goal was to determine the efficacy of the teachers’ approach, as well as to identify [...]
This year, the week of the Cambodian water festival fell on the same week as thanksgiving. To celebrate the holidays, Children`s Future gave two afternoons all to the staff, where classrooms remained closed and children and staff were able to spend time playing together. We decided to use this time to hold staff and student football [...]
Fun season is a lot noisier this year. All around school you can hear children singing, practicing clapping games, drums banging, recorders trilling, and the constant I-V-vi-IV chords being strummed on guitars making up the famous Champa Battambang song that everyone knows and loves. My name is Sopheak Sao, the music teacher at the Children's Future learning [...]
Hello from Battambang! My name is Sarah Ruebsamen and I am the new M&E and Communications Coordinator at the Children’s Future Learning Center. Two months ago I traveled to Battambang as a volunteer from Denver, Colorado with music teacher Sopheak Sao. We have both had the privilege of working alongside the staff at the Learning [...]
Our students at Children’s Future have been learning how to use their creativity. Children have been attending computer classes where they learn many things. They are taught how to use different applications and programs on the computer. Two of our students have been enjoying computer classes very much and they have excelled through the years. [...]
There was a big storm that hit Battambang a couple of months ago. Children’s Future has been helping many families that suffered from the storm. The storm has affected both the community and Children’s Future too. Even though the storm hit us hard, we are still keeping each other strong and helping each other out. [...]
Children’s Future has been offering Yoga classes for the students to help relieve their stress from school. Yoga is taught to the students to help them relax and free all of the stress in their minds. Most students have been worried and tired from their school work. Students are also anxious to see results and [...]
Sitha is the Lead House Mother at Children's Future. She has been with Children's Future ever since we started and has moved her way through many positions here. When Sitha first started, she did not know much about how to care for children, because she did not have a lot of experience. Now as the [...]
One of our board members, Jenny, recently visited the Children's Future center in Cambodia. She saw a lot of changes in the facility. Jenny said there were a lot of improvements within the staff. Every team is stronger and more independent due to more training for the staff for them to improve their job skills. [...]