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schools2schools
Please e-mail s2s@senri.ed.jp
for more information. Thank you for your support.
SOME QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
- Do SOIS students
physically build the school? No. The school is built by a professional
construction company in Cambodia before the OIS
seniors attend the opening ceremony in May 2009. There are
opportunities for physical work: painting the school, starting a
garden, installing soccer goal posts or basketball hoops.
- How much does it cost
to build the school? We need to raise $13,000 (about 1.2 million
yen) to fund the building of the school, plus about $1000 more for
opening ceremony expenses (staging, gifts). We hope to also raise
enough money to pay for transportation in Cambodia (private bus,
driver). As of March 2009, we have raised about 1 million yen.
- How much will the trip
cost per student?
Probably more than past senior trips, but not excessively more. We
estimate that airfare, insurance and
in-country costs (hotel, food, transport) will cost about 120,000 yen
per student.
- Once the school is
built, who runs it and what is our future obligation? The school is
authorized and operated by the Cambodian ministry of education. We
have no future obligations beyond what we choose to do. We hope to continue
our support of the school by helping provide funding for such things
like solar panels, a garden, a well, computers, study supplies,
student sponsorship. We hope to establish continual communication with
the school so that SOIS students maintain an awareness of the issues
of poverty and education.
- Will we need to raise
$13,000 every year for the school? No. We are under no further financial or
time obligation once the school is built.
- In future years, will
OIS seniors be required to go to Cambodia? No, not at all. The
OIS senior class will always be free to choose its own trip destination.
We hope that future classes – both OIS and SIS – will consider visiting
our new sister school in Cambodia to further our
relationship.
- What will our students
do while visiting the school? Interact with the Cambodian students –
teaching and playing and sharing and learning. We hope to engage in
some kind of physical activity, such as painting part of the school or
helping start a garden, and put on a musical performance.
- What is the name of
the new school? “SOIS School of Hope”
- What about the danger
of landmines? We
have been assured that we will not be near any areas containing
landmines. Safe in-country transport and accommodation will be
arranged for us. An interpreter/guide will accompany us to the school.
- What about malaria? Malaria is a concern
that we will take very seriously on our trip in May. We will spend
most of our time in Phnom
Penh and Siem Reap, where the malaria risk is
low. While at the school in Prey Veng province – a rural area where
the malaria risk is higher – we will take the standard precautions of
wearing long pants and long-sleeve shirts in the evening and using
mosquito repellent. The hotels will be air conditioned and free of
mosquitoes.
- Other health issues? The students will be
required to get vaccinations for hepatitis A and tetanus. We will
drink only bottled water and eat at better restaurants during the
trip. We have been in close contact with the International School in Phnom Penh
and the SOS
medical clinic and have been assured that, while there are health
risks in Cambodia,
they are not excessive if proper precautions are taken.
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