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Elodie begins her Internship role at Aziza's Place. |
Aziza's Place is privileged to welcome Elodie Douillard-Potet who has joined us as an Intern from the Université De Franche-Comté in France. Elodie is helping to re-shape the Internship/Volunteer role at Aziza's Place. Previously, English teaching had been a large element of the volunteer role and now with the a permanent English teacher in place, our volunteers will have the opportunity to work on other projects during their stay and can apply their specialist skills to best suit the needs for supporting the children and staff.
As a component of her univeristy studies focused on Project Management, Elodie's internship involves developing projects with the AP children and staff. Elodie has been involved in wide-ranging roles, including: drawing up individual profiles for each of the children, working on ideas for connecting with other NGO's, teaching staff English classes, and coming up with some great ideas for the children's activities including the implementation of a first aid training workshop to be run by local staff from the International SOS Hospital.
An added feature of Elodie’s talent was showcased when she surprised the staff and children with her Khmer language skills within the first few days of her stay. Little did they realize that this was Elodie’s second visit to Cambodia and that she’d previously lived in Cambodia for nine months volunteering at an orphanage on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, approximately a year ago. Consequently, she seamlessly transitioned to the rhythm and way of life at Aziza’s Place and in Phnom Penh - as evidenced in her hiring of a moto within the first week of arrival! We thank Elodie for her dedication and hard work and for already coming up with many thoughtful ideas suited to the needs of the AP residents. We are thrilled she will remain at AP until the end of August and all look forward to enjoying the next three months learning, sharing and working together at Aziza's Place.
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