Thursday, February 11, 2010

The school so far!



* Well the school is not finished yet. It is scheduled to be completed at the end of February. We will show you the progress for sure. The volunteers have all gone home. If you get the chance to meet a volunteer on this trip ask them how they felt about it. I'm sure you will enjoy their story.

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* Walking to the school on the day of the school blessing and ceremony.



* mel walks through the school as the children line the road welcoming the volunteers.



* Kent, Dean and Mitch patiently watch proceedings.



* I give a speech during the school blessing to the entire village. It was a very special moment for me and I will always remember it.



* Volunteers make some more offerings the traditional way.



* Josh makes an offering during the school blessing.



* Our new toilet doors are painted BabyTree green!



* Mitch, Claire and Lucy teaches the kids a dance.



* Josh shows the kids a magic trick.



* Jucy has a go at coconut baseball.



* The boys in the class take a turn in mosaic work.

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* Mel conducts a mosaic workshop.



* Cleaning out the inside of our new school room, actually, we are preparing the the floor for the cementing.



* Grace and Dean relax during lunch. Volunteers generally work from 7am to 11am. Break for lunch and then work again from 1pm to 5pm.

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* Kelly and Grace help fix up our new office in Siem Reap.



* We swam under the most glorious waterfall in the world.



* Mitch and Claire tell ghosts stories.



*Its Josh's turn to cook dinner.



* See Mitch is teaching them the letter 'y'.



* The students are learning English, believe or not.

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* Dean trying to brick lay.



* Claire Brick laying.




*Mitch getting ready to fill up buckets with cement.



* We all proudly wore our BabyTree Projects T-shirts.

Some Photos from the project



* In this photo Claire and Mitch and Dean sit patiently during a ceremony that marked the Victory on Genocide Day, January 7th.



* Kent and Toly carry large rocks on make-shift stretchers. The rocks will be used to fill up the floor before it is smashed down and smoothed out with cement.



*Working on the construction site can be extremely tiring, especially when the temperature reaches 35degrees and more! Here some volunteers lay on a pile of gravel for a well earned rest.



* Lucy and Pete sit in the back of a ute as they travel to the village.



* During the project volunteers have the opportunity to explore Cambodia. Here two volunteers watch a sunrise along the lakes near the Angkor ruins. Its pretty spectacular.