Feb 16th, I visit Sophat's field work for the red cross. As a field officer, everyday he would go to different village to educate people about health care. After piling up his moto with fruits and water for today's workshop, we take 30km of dirt road into Kabbar Kropoo village.
On the way Sophat stops at small shack and explain to me that, this is a school which villagers have built and whenever a volunteer teacher from village is available the children can come to learn how to read and write. For such remote area where nobody would willingly come to teach or even build school, this is the only way that children can get any education. The shack is empty and there's no sign of school activity.
At the run-down temple of Kabbar Kropoo village, people start gathering up. There are 6 Red Cross workers, 6 villagers, 6 village leaders, 12 volunteer workers from local organization called VHSG(Village Health Support Group), and 1 Health Center leader, all Cambodian and for many of them this is the first time to meet each other.
Today's gathering is called "Collaboration workshop". It is to what the collaboration is and how it can be achieved in the case of health care in remote village where there's no hospital or doctor. Different people from different background each get up and introduce themselves to the crowd. Sophat's friendly smile brings people together, make them feel important participating in something. After the snack and notebooks and pens are given to each of the participants, they further talk about the collaboration. Sophat brings out a small situation scripted in pieces of paper, assign the participants to act a small play in the roles of a doctor, a mother and a volunteer worker, etc.
this talent of Sophat which brings people together are amazing, and it is always helpful in my visits to Poum Steung school. he doesn't even know, but he can bring people together, make them listen, make them laugh and enjoy, make them think, and make them feel important participating in something. in Cambodia today, people don't recognize this kind of skill, but it has a strong impact on me. Sophat himself doesn't even know. but having been a teacher and red cross field officer, he surely likes to talk to crowd of people and get his message come across. i must find him a place where this skill of his will be properly evaluated.
Feb 16th, I visit Sophat's field work for the red cross. As a field officer, everyday he would go to different village to educate people about health care. After piling up his moto with fruits and water for today's workshop, we take 30km of dirt road into Kabbar Kropoo village.
On the way Sophat stops at small shack and explain to me that, this is a school which villagers have built and whenever a volunteer teacher from village is available the children can come to learn how to read and write. For such remote area where nobody would willingly come to teach or even build school, this is the only way that children can get any education. The shack is empty and there's no sign of school activity.
At the run-down temple of Kabbar Kropoo village, people start gathering up. There are 6 Red Cross workers, 6 villagers, 6 village leaders, 12 volunteer workers from local organization called VHSG(Village Health Support Group), and 1 Health Center leader, all Cambodian and for many of them this is the first time to meet each other.
Today's gathering is called "Collaboration workshop". It is to what the collaboration is and how it can be achieved in the case of health care in remote village where there's no hospital or doctor. Different people from different background each get up and introduce themselves to the crowd. Sophat's friendly smile brings people together, make them feel important participating in something. After the snack and notebooks and pens are given to each of the participants, they further talk about the collaboration. Sophat brings out a small situation scripted in pieces of paper, assign the participants to act a small play in the roles of a doctor, a mother and a volunteer worker, etc. 
this talent of Sophat which brings people together are amazing, and it is always helpful in my visits to Poum Steung school. he doesn't even know, but he can bring people together, make them listen, make them laugh and enjoy, make them think, and make them feel important participating in something. in Cambodia today, people don't recognize this kind of skill, but it has a strong impact on me. Sophat himself doesn't even know. but having been a teacher and red cross field officer, he surely likes to talk to crowd of people and get his message come across. i must find him a place where this skill of his will be properly evaluated.
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