GLOBALink | Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia

STORY: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the schoolvarious of studentsSOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHAN VANNA, Area program coordinator for Life With DignitySOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): KHONG THEANG, Principal of the Khlaing Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): TUON KANHCHANEATH, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): SOU LYHONG, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary School STORYLINE: A shortage of school materials and appropriate toilets and sanitary facilities used to be the key challenges for some primary schools here in the far-flung area of Bavel district, roughly 90 km west of Cambodia's Battambang provincial town. But the issues have been gradually addressed since 2019 after the Amity Foundation, a Chinese voluntary organization, has provided scholarships to students and helped build basic infrastructure such as toilets and handwashin

CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

(220415) -- BATTAMBANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students stand up in class at the Khlaing Primary School in Bavel district of Battambang province, Cambodia, April 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

(220415) -- BATTAMBANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students wash their hands at the Khlaing Primary School in Bavel district of Battambang province, Cambodia, April 7, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

CAMBODIA-BATTAMBANG-RURAL EDUCATION

(220415) -- BATTAMBANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 7, 2022 shows the Khlaing Primary School in Bavel district of Battambang province, Cambodia. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)