Cam Jun 07

At PKH Center in Kampong Speu, participants will plan, organise and conduct a 2-day Youth camp for 1st year vocational students (hospitality) and Grade 10 & 11 level Orphanage students. The purpose of this camp is to stimulate and motivate learning, and expose these students to good conversational English.

Participants will assist in the planning and construct (part of) a new PKH Center in Aoral and teach simple English to the students at this district.

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PRESENTING.... THE DORM CAMPUSIMPACT BUILT

"When I first heard of the chance to go to Cambodia, I met it with a mixture of both excitement and dread. Excitement, because it meant that I could go on a really different holiday, doing things I've never done, seeing new sights, tasting food from other cultures. Dread, because that meant I would have to see many, many frogs. But the adventurer in me won over in the end, and it was with much excitement that I packed my bags and left for Changi Airport. On this trip, I had made many friends, not just amongst the CampusImpact team, but also with the Cambodian students at the centre and orphanage. Their warmth and sincerity really touched me, and I had a wonderful three days of camp with them. On our way to Aoral, we also saw many huts. Huts which we would later learn to build. Going in to Aoral, I thought to myself: "What dilapidated huts! How could anyone live in them?" After three days of sawing, hammering, nailing, carrying and passing stuff, clearing rubbish, clearing weeds, laying sand foundation, sunburn, heatstroke and dehydration, everything changed. When we were leaving Aoral, my heart swelled with pride when I turned to look at the hut we had built, one last time. It was a truly humbling experience, and although I boarded the plane at Changi Airport as a tourist, I touched down 8 days later at Changi as a student. The students had taught me how to love. "Freely give, and freely receive," one of them said to me. Soon-vood / Soon Mo (The moment someone knows how to spell his name, please tell me.) had taught me how to work. Vincent had taught me how to play Polar Bear afresh. Evelyn had taught me how to give. Jie Hua had taught me how NOT to get heatstroke. (Don't climb on the roof, don't dance the Cambodian dances.) Pastor David taught me how to live out my testimony. The team had taught me how to share my burdens. Thank you, CampusImpact. " - *Elysa*	*Elysa* *(NTU Graduate)*
"Firstly, I would like to thank Jiehua for introducing me to such a wonderful and meaningful community service project in Cambodia. This project not only benefited the locals in their own way, it also benefited me. I made a lot of good friends during this project I also became more aware of what might be happening throughout the 3rd world country. Its definitely a trip worth going. I didn't waste my sweat, blood and energy. It was very rewarding indeed. Finally, I would like to thank the two Davids for organising this project. To all, I will be back..." - *KingWee*	*KingWee*
"Through the amazing trip to Cambodia for community service with CampusImpact team, firstly, I have made lots of friends. Moreover, I could have a very good chance to understand more about the beautiful culture and tradition of Cambodia. Despite of the physically demanding work like hammering and sawing, I felt very fulfilling for being able to help the people who really need our help, and glad to work together with my CampusImpact team members who are very enthusiastic, and friendly people I have ever met. This was my first trip with CampusImpact and it will never be my last trip." - *Evelyn*	*Evelyn (SMU Graduate)*
"If u were there this June, you will discover that bathing is an exciting challenge for the untrained, you will realize that nails and hammers are more difficult to use than computers, you will find out that all things electrical and mechanical are wonderful inventions, and you will learn how to dance like a butterfly and carry water like one. But most importantly, you will appreciate the simplicity and the blissfulness of life, you will realize that all who breathes the same air have not much differences, you will taste the sweetness of building nothing to something through your own hands, you will be overwhelmed by the warmness emitted by the most extraordinary people, and you will find yourself enriched and dying to go back again. Thanks to all that made the above possible and we shall relive it again, definitely." - *Vincent*	*Vincent*
"This trip is more of a self discovery to me: Learned to build huts, understand the Cambodians lives better, made new and interesting friends and got to know Brokeback buddy better. Also, I had fun during the last day of RnR bargaining with the shop-keepers." - *Sheila*	*Sheila (NTU Graduate)*
"See the changing of the impossible to the possible. Taste the sweet success of it. Hear the stories from the locals. Smell the joy of friendship forged between you and me. Touch the hearts of everyone. Feel it. Thank you to everyone who has made the above possible." - *LongQing*	*LongQing* *(NTU graduate)*
"Going to cambodia with campus impact was a memorable and enjoyable experience. I, personally, learnt alot: about teamwork through the course of building a housel about how fortunate we are in singapore and how much opportunities we have; most important, i feel, was the re-affrimation of sameness despite differences, which i shared with the locals i met there. Despite the fact that the cambodians i met at PKH seemed to be living in a world altogether different from Singapore, they stillk studied the same things (geometry etc), ate similar kinds of food (the khmer version of lakse), and we were all similarly brothers and sisters in christ." - *Pamela*	*Pamela*
"This is my second trip toCambodia bearing the same Campus Impact flag as my first in 2006. Although we are returning to the same places, yet the new faces in this expedition has produced an entirely new and fresh experience altogether. During the first part trip, we were given the opportunity to interact and share our experiences with the local students, which was very rewarding, giving us an insight to their daily lives. Our involvement for the latter part of the trip was to complete a hut meant for local students. A seemingly easy task turned out to be more Herculean than ever. But in the end, through teamwork and determination, we managed to complete the hut. Never mind that I had been given the misnomer of the Heatstroke guy, I will still describe the entire experience as Satisfaction Guaranteed! - *Jiehua*	*Jiehua*

Cambodia June 2007