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Achievements 2008Phnom Penh Thmey: the new school for blind or deaf childrenThere are two main reasons for this school to be built:Chbar Ampov School for blind childrenThe first one is that the former school for blind of PhnomPenh, built in 1994 is now collapsing into the Tonle Bassacwaters. In 1994, when this first school for blind was built,the Tonle Bassac was more than 480 metres away. Nowthere is less than a metre separating the walls from thewaters. Naturally, the school has been evacuated and allmaterials that could still be used such as wood, doors andwindows have been saved and transferred to the new site.In order to maintain our activities for blind children we hadto build a new school.The second reason is the increasing number of blind or deaf children in Phnom Penh. The formerschool was situated in Chbar Ampov, right outside the capital city and many children could not getthere. Thanks to the new school, situated in the heart of Phnom Penh Thmey (literally, « the newPhnom Penh »), a lot of disabled children will be able to go to school and receive education theydeserve. It is already planned that all blind children from Chbar Ampov school will join the new schoolof Phnom Penh Thmey as soon as it opens; they represent around 70 pupils. As for the deaf children,whose school is still operational, only those living nearer to Phnom Penh Thmey area will attend thenew school.Since the end of 2008, Krousar Thmey has been raising awareness of programmes for disabledchildren, by visiting local communities in the Phnom Penh area, meeting the children and their families,so that they know how Krousar Thmey schools can help the children develop by participating inspecially adapted education programmes; shortly, new pupils will soon be joining our schools.These two main reasons gave birth to the construction of the new school. Its capacity will be far moresignificant than any other of Krousar Thmey’s schools providing free and quality education for needychildren in Phnom Penh and its surroundings for the years to come.Finally, the new school will also give tothe children the pleasure to study in anew structure, new buildings with newmaterials. One step forward towardsmodernity and a better quality ofeducation.The construction began in January 2008and the buildings should be accessible tothe blind children and deaf children fromPhnom Penh and its suburbs in time forthe next academic year.Phnom Penh Thmey School
The digital Cambodian sign languagedictionary is onlineSince the first steps of the project duringsummer 2007, the sign language committeeset up in the School for blind of ChbarAmpov (Phnom Penh) has realised hugework, rendering possible the creation of this« revolutionary » tool, which can be used byanyone.This digital dictionary is already available toour students in three languages (Khmer,English and French). Containingapproximately 220 signs, the tool will becompleted progressively to include all signsin the paper version (which has about 900terms).The dictionary has been devised to beinteractive thanks to a filmed sequencepresenting each sign. Free of charge andaccessible from anywhere around the world,this dictionary is a perfect communicationtool to broadcast the sign languagedeveloped in Cambodia.The dictionary is available via the followinglink:www.krousar-thmey.org/dicoTwo blind students at the university« Krousar Thmey » in sign languageChild welfare Programme DATA 2008More than 400 children taken in chargeAround 406 monthly outside cases117 children reintegrated into their families26 children in professional trainingNine blind students holder of theBaccalaureatThe academic year 2007/2008 has seen anumber of new high school graduates; nine blindchildren passed the exam and so, can go on touniversity, creating better prospects for theirfuture. The hard work invested by these studentshas been rewarded with great success for them.While six of them are still studying, English orKhmer literature at university, the other onesaspire to become Krousar Thmey’s teachers inone of our schools for the blind. The success inthis exam also reflects the valuable work carriedout by both teachers and all personnel involved inKrousar Thmey schools for blind children. It isalso a great achievement for these students in acountry where learning support for blind childrenwas non-existent a few years ago.The setting up of a parent’s committee in our schools for blind or deaf childrenThe aim of this committee is to make the parents aware of the running costs for our schools and ofthe monthly cost of their child. The final objective is to encourage them to collect money and so, tobecome active in financing a part of the education of their children. This is an important decision forKrousar Thmey: we wish the parents to understand that we need their commitment to keep up thegood work we do.11
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Page 15 and 16: Events 2008A very sad incident in o
Page 17 and 18: Forecast 2009Strengthen collaborati
Page 19 and 20: Source of fundsKrousar ThmeyUnited
Page 21 and 22: Statement of income and expenditure
Page 23 and 24: Thanks to…His Majesty the King Si

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