Our school in Cambodia has over 700 students attending
classes every week and many more visiting for workshops, the library and fun
activities. It is constantly buzzing and has become a true refuge and
opportunity-builder for our local community. This amazing school was in part
made possible by Collette Cares, the not
for profit arm of Collette Vacations.
Their generous donation allowed JWOC to build the new school and allows for
hundreds of students to better themselves and have a brighter future.
The great part about the Collette Foundation being part of
building and maintaining our school as well as our other projects is that they
can now bring their travelers to visit our projects and see the work that
Collette is part of. Once or twice a month, usually on a Friday, a large bus pulls
up outside JWOC and guests visiting Cambodia with Collette Vacations are able
to visit the JWOC Conversation Class. 
This class was developed for exactly this reason…so that our
students could have a chance to meet with native English speakers and put their
English learning skills to the test. It also is a way for our supporters to
really meet and interact with the Cambodian people, learning more about their
lives and goals. Our students really enjoy their time at conversation class and for them it is invaluable practice and a chance to take what they have learned in the classroom and put it into practice. The hour class always flies by. At the end of class there are smiles all round and in just one hour it is amazing how people from such distant cultures can bond so closely.
Collette Cares have provided us with financial support every year since our partnership started in 2008. Their help has allowed us to build classrooms, toilets, fund our Kindergarten classes and our Clean Water Project. Foundations such as Collette Cares help grassroots organizations truly achieve their vision. Certainly, in our case, without the help of Collette much of what we do would not be possible so we thank them and look forward to the next group to visit our Conversation Class and Journeys Within Our Community.
