Lenny, Many Cambodian leave their future to "chance" or "Phoap Preng Veasna". There is no plan for retirement or for higher education. Actually, there is no plan for what will happen to their life tomorrow. They seem to day dreamingly depend on some kinds of donation from Cambodian government, international community or somebody. Unfortunately, the government does not have such system in place for Cambodian students or elders. Political parties only come to promise and toss a few dollars during their electoral campaigns. International donors and NGOs are trying their best, but their overhead expenses are enormously high; hence the recipients only benefit from their leftovers. It is very remarkable that somebody like you, me and a few foreigners who generously share our hard earned money with them to help; however, in many cases our assistances are being abused or mistreated. I agree, they do shoot themselves in the foot. It should be noted that the abuse is not done only by individuals; it is also committed by members of many organizations including political parties. For the lack of better words, it’s a societal corruption. Drinking from someone's elbow is not a solution for a better future. =========== In a message dated 7/3/2009 10:48:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Yes I agree. It seems that some kids from the countryside and or their parents don't care about their future as they jeporadize the trust between them and their western donor whose willing to finance the education. Talk about shooting themselves in the foot. The parents obviously aren't thinking about their retirement and whose going to pay for it !!! Regards, Lenny G ____________________________________ From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:36:06 -0400 Subject: New Faces of Cambodian Graduates at Norton University To: [email protected] New Faces of Cambodian Graduates at Norton University in Phnom Penh It is remarkable that those who have a chance to study and graduate from a better school in Cambodia are mostly of mixed race Cambodian children. Please click this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp8a_oGytsY Khmer students from the country sides should try harder to get higher education to balance things out. Otherwise they will not have a chance to compete. Some types of programs should be available for poor and talented students to help them advance in formal education. Timothychhim.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=timothy+chhim&aq=f ____________________________________ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. _See yours in just 2 easy steps!_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585087x1201462804/aol?redir=http:/ /www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Julystepsf ooterNO62) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585087x1201462804/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= JulystepsfooterNO62) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
