The Training of International Social Workers
(subsidized by Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Japan)
Phtea Nhor Nhim Day Care Center (Cambodia)
Since 1996, with a grant from the Postal Savings for International
Voluntary Aid in Japan of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, ISSJ has
established and managed a day care center, "Phtea Nhor Nhim - Smiling
House" (picture on the right) in Cambodia and been training the local
child care workers in conducting their work at the center. Phtea Nhor Nhim
is located in Chamroeunphal village, just outside of Phnom Penh city.
Although Chamroeunphal village is only about 10 Km away from the central Phnom
Penh, a majority of the people in the village have an underprivileged life.
Many of the men are workers for digging wells or Motorcycle taxi drivers and
the women normally have such side-jobs as making bamboo skewers besides doing
household work. Also, there are children who go to Smoky Mountain (a dumping
ground) to collect plastic and metal pieces in order to earn additional income
for their families. Generally, public sanitation is a very serious issue in
the area as there are no toilets in houses and daily water is normally used
from well water or rain water.
At Phtea Nhor Nhim, four local Cambodian staff are learning about child care
through actual practice under the direction of ISSJ social workers. We are
conducting education programs on such matters as literacy, mathematics, drawings,
music, sanitation, and nutrition. The children who come to the center are
between 2 and 12 or 13 years old and some of them bring their younger siblings
to take care of. Also, the local staff make home visits in the area and educate
the people on sanitation and nutrition by using hand-made posters. Our goal
is to train those local staff to become leaders and to develop programs that
will function as regional community centers for the area targeted in the future.
 The classroom of Phtea Nhor Nhim |
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