The Cambodia Rural School Project

The Cambodia Rural School Project

The Kikkoman School

Yu Channa, a 13-year-old third grade student at the school

Yu Channa is a 13-year-old third grade student. She was ranked first among the 48 students in her class. She has one brother in second grade at the school.

On her family:	“I My father was a policeman before he passed away. My mother is working in a garment factory in Phnom Penh. She sometimes comes home on Sundays or holidays.”
On the new building:	“I like the new school building because it is nice. I didn’t like the old building because it was wooden and it was difficult to study during rain.”
On school subjects:	“I like Khmer and mathematics because Khmer teaches me how to respect people and mathematics teaches me to calculate. I don’t like learning applied science because it is about trees and things and is not real.”
On her hobbies:	“When I have free time, I like to get water to put in the tank because that helps with my cooking. I also meet my friends at school to take out the trash from the building and clean the blackboards.”
On her future:	“I want to go to a school of pedagogy because I want to gain high knowledge. My mother only finished primary school. I want to do more. I want to go to Phnom Penh. I also want to be a nurse because I want to help the people in the countryside.”
Message for the Kikkoman Corporation:	“I thank the Kikkoman Corporation for providing this new school building for me and my friends.”