Chinese-funded school building project brings smiles, hope to rural students in Cambodia

STORY: Chinese-funded school building project brings smiles, hope to rural students in Cambodia DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the school building 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SAN SREYNEANG, Student at the Angkomnob Primary School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): SOCH NIZA, Student at the Angkomnob Primary School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): NGET SAM OEUN, Principal of the Angkomnob Primary School STORYLINE: A Chinese-funded project for the Angkomnob Primary School about 40 km south of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh has brought smiles and hope to local children. Funded by the China Foundation for Peace and Development, the project has enabled the construction of a two-floor concrete building with 12 classrooms. The project also provided full-set school kits to students in need. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SAN SREYNEANG, Student at the Angkomnob Primary School "I'm very happy that they have provided this new building to us. It is beautiful and when there is

China-funded "Kit of Love" project launched in Cambodia to help primary school students

STORY: China-funded "Kit of Love" project launched in Cambodia to help primary school students DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of southern Cambodia's Takeo Provincevarious of China-funded "Kit of Love" projectSOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, Planning and project director of Cambodia's Civil Society Alliance Forum (CSAF)SOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): NGET SAM OEUN, Principal of the Angkomnob Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): SE SOKNA, Sixth-grade student at the Angkomnob Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): SAN SOKCHEN, Sixth-grade student at the Angkomnob Primary School STORYLINE: The China-funded "Kit of Love" project was launched in southern Cambodia's Takeo Province on Thursday. The project provides 10,000 packages of stationery, water bottles, and lunch boxes, among others, to primary school students in the Southeast Asian nation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHEA MUNYRITH, Planning and project director of Cambodia's Civil Societ