For the first time in Ponheary Ly Foundation’s history, you’ve made it possible to have the salaries of all 24 of our Khmer public school classroom teachers to be funded at Knar and Tchey Primary Schools for an entire year. This is a huge accomplishment for the organization as it’s proven impossible in the past to find donors for this segment of our operation. People love to see where their money is going in pictures, so they’re keen to donate for bicycles, uniforms, food, games and anything that looks good through a camera’s lens. But, when it comes to the bread and butter of education-the teachers-donors have been unwilling to fund them. And, as you know, without teachers, we’d have nothing else, everything flows from the Cambodian educators who stand in our classrooms.
Your total donation as a group funds an average $44 USD per month subsidy for each of our teachers at Knar and Tchey. This amounts to $440 per school year per teacher, and when combined with their government salary puts their income at a rural liveable wage which they wouldn’t have without the Foundation and your support. We are more likely to retain good teachers at our schools as they now have an income on which they can survive.
Thank you for your efforts, your time, your empathy and understanding of the plight of public school educators in Cambodia. Your support is truly pushing the education system and students in a positive direction, something that wouldn’t be happening if the schools didn’t have our support.
Travis Thompson
Executive Director
Ponheary Ly Foundation
Siem Reap, Cambodia
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