Cambodia Trip CIP Day 4

The final day of the CIP project started off smoothly as usual.  When we arrived at the dump site, we quickly got down to work.  For today, the teaching team taught the Cambodian children how to tell time on an analogue clock.  After which, the Cambodian children were taught origami.  They learnt how to make paper birds, aeroplanes, water lilies and caps. 

The children enjoyed themselves folding origami, which is something relatively new to them.  The coloured papers also caught their interest and enthusiasm.   At the end of the day, the children happily brought their origami home with them.

The painting team continued with painting the T-house.  For the more difficult areas to paint (the areas above the protruding window ledge), we thought of a way to overcome it: to attach the paint roller to a long wooden pole, and paint the difficult areas from the adjacent window.

Before leaving the T-house, we distributed a baguette and a tin of condensed milk to each of the Cambodian children.  Even though the food was relatively simple, they were nonetheless delighted with the food, and seeing them beaming brightly warmed our hearts too.

Today is supposed to be the last day of our CIP project.  However, as we ran out of white paint, our team decided in unison to forgo the Royal Palace visit tomorrow but to complete our painting instead as we feel that it is important for the children.

 Once again the day ended with discussions and a reflection session back at the hotel.  Despite being tired from the 4 days of hard work, we are looking forward to completing the project tomorrow.   Tomorrow will be the last day we’ll being seeing the children before departing from Phnom Penh this Friday. We will miss them very much.