Girl #38 - Chantha

Sponsor: Quinn Stephen Riordan

Location of the school: The Sapporo Acasia Lions Club, village Kor Hoksep, Trapaing Chress commune, Koun Mom district, Ratanakiri province

Girl student: Soy Chantha is ten years old. She was in the second grade at the primary school. She left school in last year.

Why we are sponsoring the girl: Chantha lives with her parents, her five sisters and four brother. The family is very poor. Her father, 46 years old, is a worker who is always hired by the other families in the village. Her mother, Chea Kun, 42 years old, is a worker, too. They do not have land for making the farm or growing vegetable. The family does not have enough food for their daily life. Most of the times they eat vegetables collected from the forest. In this problem that Chantha was not supported by the family for going to school.

Now the family including Chantha, they understand that the education can give an opportunity to Chantha to build her bright future.

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

Reported by Tiann Monie
Date posted: October 23, 2006