When the youth team was here in the summer, one of the things we did was to trial a workshop run by an ICC project that is researching the needs of kids in orphanages. The idea behind us being involved was to see if the material was suitable for someone who was illiterate - not being able to read Khmer we were prefect guinea pigs!
I had dinner with the project leader last night and we discussed what they have been doing so far. The research phase is now nearly complete and the finding are eagerly awaited by policy makers around the globe. This little project run from a one room office in Phnom Penh is groundbreaking in the simple fact that no-one has ever taken the initiative to ask the orphans themselves what it's like to grow up in care, and then be released into the world with little or no life-skills. Hopefully with the data gathered, proposals and policies can be made that will significantly benefit peoples lives worldwide. I am so full of hope and joy that this work is being done here, and delighted that it is being owned by the Khmer people involved. Nice to see Cambodia on the world stage for a positive reason.
More info on project SKY.
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