During my gap year, I had the chance to spend 10 weeks at the Joy Day Care kinder garden in Phnom Penh. Sareth, Saron and their family were super kind and welcoming.
The Joy Day Care center is for me a place of sharing, where the poor and underprivileged children can have access to some initiation to Khmer and English languages. We, as volunteers, mainly teach some simple basics of the English language such as the alphabet, the numbers, the colors, days of the week… This is a chance for the kids to have access to some education, because some of them will never go to a real school after this kinder garden.
Aside from the lessons, the kids can also eat to their heart content at lunch, have a nap, take a shower/brush their teethand have access to some medication when they are sick. These are things that some of the kids can't do at home.
But most importantly, at the joy day care we share a lot of love and kindness. We play a lot, cuddle and everyone is happy (especially the kids when they can play in the playground on the Friday's)!
I had such a great experience at the Joy Day Care, I would recommend to anyone to volunteer here as well!
Orkun Chrean Transfom Asia!