Next I continued on to the two other Afesip centers -- Tamdy center outside Phnom Penh, and the center for the younger girls (under 18, as young as 4) way out in the countryside towards Kampong Cham (northeast of Phnom Penh). We drove for two hours to get there, the last part bumping along dusty dirt-roads, past traditional houses, with cattle roaming, children playing and school kids biking home. When I arrived in Cambodia it was the end of the rainy season and there was mud everywhere. In just a few weeks everything's turned to dust.
Here are some more photos!
On the way to the center near Kampong Cham
"AFESIP-Kampong Cham Rehabilitation and Vocational Training of Basic Skills Center"
And above right, the upstairs hall where the girls sleep (on mats that they pull out at night).
All new plates and pots and pans, yey! / And then some clowning in the sewing center-cum-theater!....
Latiya (Liya) got a kick out of dressing up in my clown costume, and so did Sareka and Kakada. Those clown converses were a big hit!
Standing tall! While Opeyka poses.
Tamdy center outside Phnom Penh:
Srey Leak and Ratchana get creative and clown away!
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