A Helping Hand to the Children of Cambodia

IB Students Help Underprivileged Children In Cambodia As Part Of Their Community Service Programme.

Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas students took their goodwill by participating in the college’s annual community service project in Cambodia, into a rural village in Beng Mealea near Siem Reap. The students had the opportunity to enhance their learning and life skills through their participation in the project.

Themed ‘Among Us’, the project is part of a learning experience offered by TCSH in its IB diploma programme. Working with both adults and children in the village, the students acquired a greater understanding of the village’s unique situation and fostered empathy for the people’s needs on a personal level.

TCSH students were able to explore the Khmer culture by learning the local language and engaging with the local communities through sporting activities. The students were also involved in teaching basic English conversation to the local children and helped the local community build new classrooms, construct schools desk and improve school kitchen facilities. These activities had the further benefit of improving the quality of life within the students’ foster community.

IBDP’s core component focuses on Creativity, Action, and Service (CAS), and students are encouraged to be active and balanced participants in sustained, collaborative projects. Students are exposed to a range of activities involving intellectual, physical, creative and emotional skills, and are required to complete 150 hours of Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) activities and 30 hours of community service.

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