Girl #16 - Sinuon


Sponsor: The Shana Alexander Foundation

Location of the school: The Honolulu-Pusan-Shimbashi-Taipei-Rotary Club School, #207 Phoum Pii village, Ka Chanh commune, Banlung district, Ratanakiri province

Girl Student: Phonn Sinuon, 12 years old. She is in the third grade, at primary school.

Why we are sponsoring the girl: She lives with her mother (widow). She has two sisters. Her mother is a worker among the families who want to hire her for miscellaneous. Sinuon's mother keeps her daughter at home so can take care on her smallest sister. The house is located on squatter land of one of the schools in the district.

Support: We pay her family $10 a month for perfect attendance.

Reported by Tiann Monie
Date posted: October 4, 2006