Girl #62 - Thuoen
Sponsor: The Shana Alexander Foundation
Profile: Tith Van Thuoen is 11 years old and a second grade student at the 2006-2007 semester of The Tokyo Shintoshin Rotary Club primary school in Dong village, Reak Reay commune, Roveang district, Preah Vihear province.
Current situation: Her family is farmer, besides farming her family doing plantation, work for someone hided, and earn 60cents a day but expense all for food. There are four members in the family. She has two sisters and one brother. Her oldest sister working in garment factory in Phnom Penh three months ago but they don’t know how much salary she would get. Her second sister is working on someone’s plantation in the Preak Vihear town by earning $1 a day. And her third brother stopped study grade three, he does not thing. The reason for her frequent school absence because her house is far some four kilometers from school, requiring more than one hour up to school. Moreover, she volunteer to help her mother to work at farm, bring water from pound or well, etc. She had never work for exchange the money. Her parent is indebt for about $50 for food and medicine purchasing.
Problem she faces: Poverty, her parent has no suitable work to do
Suggestion: Her parents agreed with me to allow their daughter to attend school regularly.
Support: We pay the parent $10 a month ($120 a year).
Reported by: Nead
Date posted: 25 January, 2007
