Hello everyone! As many of you know, I am a current volunteer with Peace Corps Cambodia in a primary school in Banteay Meanchey province. Along with teaching, every volunteer has an opportunity to do a Community-led development project. My school director proposed to build a basketball court to increase student health and activity at the school, and after a long process of approval, I can now start raising money for the project! I need your help to raise the money to start building the court so please consider donating! Anything helps and I appreciate your continued support. The link below is for my project.
Please, please, please consider donating!
Here is the description of my project from the website as well:
This grant aims to increase student activity and health by building a basketball court at a primary school in Cambodia that will provide a free space for all to exercise. Students already have physical education class once a week, but the court will encourage students to exercise outside of school curriculum and to play on the basketball court instead of their phones.
Currently the school has a dirt field where physical education class is held, but it is difficult for the students to exercise during the rainy season when there are sporadic showers, leaving the dirt to turn into mud. With a basketball court, this problem will be avoided where students can still play even after it stops raining. This grant will help turn the dream of a basketball court into a reality.
Following the completion of the court, the school has goals to increase student activity by starting boys' and girls' basketball teams. To regulate court usage outside of school hours, a sign-up sheet will be implemented. The basketball teams will be monitored by teachers, who will undergo training, and there will be future field days on the court! There will also be a healthy eating class conducted once a year in conjunction with the court.
Funds from this grant will be used for materials, supplies, and labor to complete the construction of the basketball court.
This photo is from the Project Design and Management workshop we went to in order to talk about our ideas!
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