ElectricAid are delighted to meet our SeeBeyondBorders Cambodian Education Technology Partners in F27.
In September 2022, ElectricAid announced our partnership with See Beyond Borders and signed an MoU to pilot an Education Technology Programme in 11 schools in Cambodia.
SeeBeyondBorders(SBB), an Irish education charity has been operating in Cambodia over the last 13 years and has trained over 500 teachers in 199 schools, transforming education for more than 27,000 children in rural northwest Cambodia.
This event will be a great opportunity for all our members and colleagues to meet the CEO and Chairperson of SeeBeyondBorders together with the visiting team from Cambodia, who plan to share with us the impact that our partnership has made in the 11 schools.
ElectricAid committed to €40,000 to year one of this innovative education programme aimed at building technology skills and digital resources. By February, 23 teachers and 27 mentors had improved their technology knowledge and skills in all schools, providing 728 children with a more engaging and quality learning experience.
Commenting on the pilot, grade-one teacher Khoun Sophon added;
“I never thought that something I found so challenging at first could become so helpful to me, especially in my classroom management. It really has increased my students’ participation and attendance.”
Attending the ElectricAid / SeeBeyondBorders Presentation:
Phath Blung is the Country Manager and he will talk about the education system in Cambodia, providing context and explain why he is motivated to ensure Cambodian children have access to a quality education.
Mel Cashen – Mel is the Programme Design and Development Advisor and she will talk through the impact of the SeeBeyondBorders approach of focusing on the mentoring and upskilling of Cambodian teachers and how access to educational technology improves Cambodian children’s learning outcomes.
Phath and Mel will be supported by;
SreyPhet Phan – whose work as Project manager/Educational Changemaker with SeeBeyondBorders has supported a new generation of young Cambodian female leaders.
Boumy Thanh – Boumy has worked very closely with teachers and District Office of Education staff in Bavel and Ek Phnom and Boumy became the Project Manager for our Embedding Mentoring and a core member of the team supporting programme implementation.Thanh Boumy/Project Manager – Embedding Mentoring.
Pov Pheung – Pov has over 15 years’ experience as an educator. He supports the Cambodian Leadership Team as a mentor while completing his Masters in Education in Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. Pov is due to return to Cambodia in May. Cambodian Leadership Team Mentor.
People
PEPY Empowering Youth
Also accompanying our team with be four students from PEPY Empowering Youth. PEPY is a non-profit working in the Siem Reap district of Northern Cambodia that provides personal and professional development training to rural youth.
PEPY have had links to Irish schools for 10 years and over that time have worked closely with Chair of SBBI Maeve Corish.
Attending the ElectricAid / SeeBeyondBorders Presentation:
Phath Blung is the Country Manager and he will talk about the education system in Cambodia, providing context and explain why he is motivated to ensure Cambodian children have access to a quality education.
Mel Cashen – Mel is the Programme Design and Development Advisor and she will talk through the impact of the SeeBeyondBorders approach of focusing on the mentoring and upskilling of Cambodian teachers and how access to educational technology improves Cambodian children’s learning outcomes.
Phath and Mel will be supported by;
SreyPhet Phan – whose work as Project manager/Educational Changemaker with SeeBeyondBorders has supported a new generation of young Cambodian female leaders.
Boumy Thanh – Boumy has worked very closely with teachers and District Office of Education staff in Bavel and Ek Phnom and Boumy became the Project Manager for our Embedding Mentoring and a core member of the team supporting programme implementation.Thanh Boumy/Project Manager – Embedding Mentoring.
Pov Pheung – Pov has over 15 years’ experience as an educator. He supports the Cambodian Leadership Team as a mentor while completing his Masters in Education in Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. Pov is due to return to Cambodia in May. Cambodian Leadership Team Mentor.
People
PEPY Empowering Youth
Also accompanying our team with be four students from PEPY Empowering Youth. PEPY is a non-profit working in the Siem Reap district of Northern Cambodia that provides personal and professional development training to rural youth.
PEPY have had links to Irish schools for 10 years and over that time have worked closely with Chair of SBBI Maeve Corish.
If you have any questions about this event please contact electricaid@esb.ie
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