Library Time at CCH 1 with New English Books
Kids at CCH 1 Bringing Stories Alive
Through Drama Games
Rehearsal for “The Seven Cambodian Sisters”
Actors After Rehearsal
Librarians from CCH 1 Go on the Road to CDCC…
A little monsoon weather did happen. No problem!
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After the book time, the CCH librarians did some dramatizations of stories. Below are shots from an enactment of “Sacagawea and the Bravest Deed” :
Sacagawea’s Grandma is hurt
A rattlesnake slithers up
Sacagawea saves the day
The audience takes in the drama
No snakes were actually hurt during this performance.
As fate would have it, the librarians from CCH 1 turned out to be all girls. But check out the newly forming group of librarians at CDCC!!
Views of Play Yard at CDCC
Entry Gate
Facing from Entry Gate to dorms
Garden Plot
Football!
Dorms at CDCC
Scenes at CCH 1
Halimah’s workshop with CCH 1 staff
CCH 1 kids learn new DynEd English program
Teacher Seang Heang at work
The new “business building” going up
Student Thavery pitches in
Traditional Cambodian Dance
Sinath, Sophorn and Narath
Narath
A Trip to the Country
Chetra and Manin
Elia and Sokha at “the farm”
Scenes at CDCC
Teacher Bo
Teacher Van Tol
Math workshop with teachers and kids
Lunchtime
Play time
Work time
Learning time
Sometime
This photo essay about Center for Children's Happiness, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, captures a small slice of time in July, 2006. Many of the photos here record the enthusiastic response of CCH children and staff to a library of 200 books in English which my wife, Halimah, and I brought to CCH. Halimah is an experienced school teacher, and organized a group of student librarians to care for the books. The highlight of the whole library adventure was the sharing of the books with younger children at CCH's second facility, known as "CDCC," through reading time and dramatization of stories. The older children read the books to themselves in English (with help), and then retold the stories to the younger kids in Khmer. For those of you who may not know, Center For Children’s Happiness currently has two facilities, separated by a distance of 2 or 3 miles. “CCH 1,” the original facility, currently houses 35 children, many of whom have been with CCH since its founding 4 years ago. “CDCC,” named in honor of the Cambodian Dump Children’s Committee in the UK, whose efforts led to the founding of the second facility almost 2 years ago, has experienced rapid growth over the past year, and currently cares for 82 children. Mr. Mech Sokha is the director of Center for Children's Happiness. Elia Van Tuyl Palo Alto, California, USA |
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