Girl #1 - Srey Mom
Sponsor: Soroptomist International of Osaka-Chuo
Profile: Run Srey Mom is 12 years old and a fourth grade student at the 2005-2006 semester of the Kirivorn primary school in Kirivorn village, Kompong Sela commune, Sre Ambel district, Kok Kong province.
Current situation: Her family's homeland is in Takeo province. They came to live here eight years ago, renting someone's land for living and farming (rice cultivation). They have to return 150kg of rice per one hectare to the landlord. There are 11 members in the family including her old grandmother and son in-law. She has four sisters and three brothers. She is the seventh child in the family. The family is very poor. The reason for her frequent school absence is due to the rainy season. Her house is far, some four kilometers from the school, requiring more than one hour's walk in good weather but twice that in the rainy season or four hours' round trip. Moreover, her house is isolated from other houses in the village and in a very quiet location, too dangerous for her when she walks alone. Her parent says, however, Srey Mom studies hard and is willing to go to school every day.
Problem she faces: Her house is distant from school and her family is poor. They're busy with their daily work, so they could not have time to accompany her to school as well. Srey Mom has to walk passing the forest field.
Suggestion: I asked her parents to send her younger brother (8 years old) to attend school and they can walk together, avoiding danger.
Support: we pay the parents $10 a month ($120 a year).
Reported by: Nead
Date posted: October 4, 2006
