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Faces of CambodiaS01CambodiaSERVICESponsorDale FordDoug NeihartPriceS$2,800Course Length7 daysPost-Interim Experience:Parent’s night / OnlineReflectionsDescriptionThis 7-day course includes a combination of service activities, culturalexperiences and the opportunity to learn about the history of CambodiaIn Siem Reap we will visit several temples in the Angkor Wat complex. Ourguide will provide an insight into the important buildings and structures. Inaddition to exploring the temples, we will ride an elephant around one ofthe temples and go up in a tethered hot air balloon to get a bird’s eye viewof Angkor Wat.While in Siem Reap we will spend several hours at the Amelio School,founded by an SAS family to educate local children unable to affordgovernment schools. We will also take a boat ride on Tonlé Sap Lake, thelargest freshwater lake in South East Asia to see how the local people live onhouseboats.After three days in Siem Reap, we will fly to Phnom Penh. One of our firststops will be at the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, which was a high schoolprior to being turned into a concentration camp. We will also go to theKilling Fields.In Phnom Penh we will spend time with the children at Sok Sabay, a shelterfor abused and abandoned children. We will also meet with Janne Ritske, thefounder of Tabitha. A major component of this course is a two-day serviceproject with the Tabitha Foundation where we will build five homes. Otheractivities while in Phnom Penh will include shopping at the local markets anda visit to the Royal Palace where the current king of Cambodia resides.Objectives• To involve students in hands-on service projects: Tabitha, Amelio Schooland Sok Sabay• To understand Cambodia’s ancient history, the Pol Pot genocide yearsand the situation today.RequirementsPre-Course requirements:• Select research topic and develop a brief presentation/PowerPoint.Post-Course requirements:• Submit a journal.• Give a presentation on the research topic at Parent Night.66 interim semester HANDBOOKSINGAPORE AMERICAN SCHOOL