Report of the Shintoshin Rotary Club School

Dear Mr. Krisher,

I went to distribute certificates to the hard working students on the garden at the Shintoshin Rotary Club School this morning. There were many people joined such as school director, teachers, parents, students, gardener, cooks (she came to cook corn for students), Chantha, Sopheak and also the man who gave us the land to use for the garden. There were about 50 students joined this morning, but we had 29 certificates only to distribute. The school director had a speech to explain about the trying of students who had tried to take care the garden and explained about the value of the garden and he also raised as an example of the students who had tried hard working until they can get certificates to encourage the other students who did not receive the certificate this time yet. He congratulated the students who receiving the certificates today and he thanks them for the contribution of their physical force and moral force to this garden for the unite interests. He said first we plant and taking care and cooked and then we can eat all together. He said " you plant and taking care here and you get experience from here, then you can get this experience from here to find a piece of a land next to your house to plant for your whole family". He thanks our NGO by saying " this NGO even not just building schools every where in Cambodia, but also help us to build this garden as well". He also appealed to the students to try to take care of the garden more and thank all people for coming to join today.

I also had a speech to thank them for their good cooperation from the beginning until now and their continuing to take care the garden. I explained about the valuable of the certificate which is certify for their using in the future. I admired for their trying to achieve this. As I told them "Trying is successful" and I thank the gardener who is always working hard and his patience. I also thank the parents who understanding all these works to leave their kids to work on this. I told them the kids are not just only receiving the agricultural skills, but they will also have their bright future when they get the experiences from young. Then I distributed certificates to each of 29 students whom hard working. And I explained to the rest who did not receive this time to try more hard as them and the gardener will see and list the name to give us, then they will also can get the same like them. I also gave books to the students. They received all these with the smiling face and seem they will trying harder working.

The fulfillment of the certificate distributive this morning had been good progressive with happiness and hopefulness. And we may also ready to continue finding the other things to encourage them.

Best regards,

Meng Dy

School gardener, Cheurn Savorn, was presented two buffaloes by us for his devoted,
diligent work at the Shintoshin Rotary Club school Victory Garden.

Students of the Shintoshin Rotary School Victor Garden Volunteer their time to grow 
vegetable which they later consume as a pre-school breakfast or lunch to fight malnutrition, 
and raise attendance and attentiveness.

This photos show all the children who received the book and certificates.

Program officer Meng Dy gave certificates and a book ("Shihanouk Reminisces") by king 
Shihanouk and American Assistance for Cambodia/Japan Relief for Cambodia Chairman 
Bernard Krisher) to the school's "Victory Garden" farmers who worked diligently and had
"perfect attendance"