AP Residents Working Together Results in Successful Family Nights; and Delicious Spring Rolls!

AP residents enjoy a 'spring-roll making' competition. 

(Top left) Competition is underway. (Top right) The winning

team celebrate. (Bottom left) Vegetable preparation. 

(Bottom right) Sreynat smiling brightly.

As a way to put the learning from activites such as the Attitude training into practice, we have been focusing on ways for the AP residents to be leaders, take on responsibilities, and work together. Family nights have become one way for our eldest residents to take on greater responsibilities. Each month two of the eldest residents will take charge and work together to choreograph / arrange the performances, decide who will act as MC's and develop the structure of the evening's events. The team in charge reports their plans and progress updates at two staff meetings during the month prior to the event. Chiev and Rotha took responsibility for May's Family Night, with a karate demonstration and a role-play being the main events of the evening. They also took charge of the decor, setting up the stage with curtains and decorating the walls with balloons. It was heart-warming to see the young adults stepping up as leaders among their peers and working together to create a successful family night event.

Children's Day on June 1 was also a fun, simple and innovative way for the children to demonstrate their ability to work together in friendly competition with each other. All 21 AP residents were split into three teams and participated in a 'Masterchef'-style competition with the aim to make the most delicious spring rolls! Each team had their own style as they raced to the market to purchase vegetable-fillings and return to AP to chop the food and prepare delicious and beautiful cuisine for the staff to taste as the judges. One team illustrated efficiency and effectiveness with specialised roles for each team-member, while another team showed off their skills in creating artistic decorations and the third team tried mixing up the flavours with their fillings and sauces. The event was a great success providing an opportunity for the children to work together and demonstrate their skills in developing strategies and teamwork - while also revealing an unprecedented enthusiasm for eating vegetables! See more photos on the AP facebook page. We all look forward to the next round of competition.