Fourth Year Anniversary Birthday Party Celebrates AP's Achievements

Aziza's Place children, staff, and friends,

enjoying AP's fourth birthday party.

On February 14th Aziza’s Place was abuzz with activity as the resident children and staff geared up to enjoy and share our fourth anniversary celebrations with friends and family.  The AP courtyard was transformed with bright colours, with over one hundred chairs adorned in gold fabric set up for guests, facing a stage created especially for the evening's festivities.  New artworks were on display, including a mural painted by resident Chanty - the 'Tree of Growth' which incorporated bright smiling photos of the AP residents in celebration of 'Growth and Good Times'.  The AP house was a hive of activity, laughter and excited energy as the children prepared for their performances, dressed in traditional Khmer dance costumes, applied makeup, put on jewels and coiffed in extravagant hairstyles, ready to appear on stage.
 

The evening's performance included traditional Khmer dances and music, an address by co-founder Amjad Ghori and Directors Soy Socheat and Vong Bopha, a hip-hop performance by the children, residents Rotha and Ny sharing about their experiences at Aziza's Place, and testimonials by AP family members.  The evening continued, with delicious food shared with family and friends, complete with a 4th Anniversary cake.  We wish you all could have been there!  You can see photos of the celebrations on our facebook page here.
 

The Anniversary evening included the debut of our new AP film, created by our film students with the help of volunteer Leila Antakly and film teacher Tim Vann.  Please follow the link to view this production, undertaken completely by the AP film students: new film here!