AP Extends Many Thanks to Education Officer Darley Tom

Darley and Channy -
Christmas 2010

This month we would like to extend our sincerest thanks to former Education Officer Darley Tom. Darley jumped right into the adventurous spirit of Aziza’s Place when she first arrived in September 2010, including an AP vacation to the beach with all 21 AP children. It didn’t take her long for her to fall in love with Aziza's Place.

As part of her graduate studies of Sustainable International Development with Brandeis University, in Waltham, Massachusetts, Darley did some valuable work in evaluating the state of Aziza’s Place' supplemental education programme. She worked with Program Director Soy Socheat and made recommendations for ways to make our classes more sustainable and effective. She was great at offering to help out where needed - working with staff to select new English textbooks to enhance our curriculum, improving AP resources such as the volunteer guide, and connecting with other similar NGO's.

Sadly Darley had to return home earlier than planned due to injury.  We look forward to receiving the outcomes of her written research at the end of the month, which considers the experiences and approaches to education programs by various children’s NGO’s in Phnom Penh. Thankyou for your insight and input into the Aziza's Place programs Darley. We wish you all the best with the completion of you studies and hope to see you again someday!