Preschool in Cambodia opens with the help of Okinawan non-profit, “An institution to protect the lives of children”

Preschool in Cambodia opens with the help of Okinawan non-profit, “An institution to protect the lives of children”

Preschoolers in Cambodia learning in their new school (photograph provided by Asia Child Support)


April 22, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

Okinawa – Asia Child Support (ACS, Tetsuo Ikema, Director), a non-profit organization based in Okinawa City, recently opened a preschool in Okinawa. Construction was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic; however, the school was able to start welcoming students in earnest in February.

The newly opened preschool is in the village of Phnom Touch, about a two-hour drive from Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. There are still landmines buried in the ground from the civil war, making it difficult for the children to play outside. Previously, the children from the farming families in the area had been going to a Buddhist temple.

The preschool was built using supporter’s donations and organization membership fees. This is the third preschool built by ACS in Cambodia. The organization built a total of 112 preschools and schools in various countries.

ACS section manager Naoki Miyaguni commented, “This is a necessary institution for protecting the lives of these children. The school is able to accept the 70-80 children currently living here and in the surrounding villages. There are many parents who travel to the city for work, and I think this will help to ease their minds.”

 

(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

The newly constructed preschool building in Cambodia (photograph provided by Asia Child Support)

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