The streets of Siem Reap are quieter this week. It’s P’chum Ben, the biggest holiday in Cambodia and a time when families get together, people return to their hometown and visit pagodas to offer thanks and most importantly, to feed the hungry ghosts. This Buddhist...
As so often happens with Cambodia, this story started with a holiday and turned into a long love affair. The Lazzeri family – like many before them – came to Cambodia on vacation and fell in love with the country and it’s beautiful people. That one trip inspired them...
Boyrith and Hor Hum recognised an opportunity when it landed on their doorstep and they grabbed it with both hands and ran with it. The opportunity came in the shape of a VBC house, sponsored by students from International School of Koje from Republic of Korea. And...
Students from Fairholme College in Toowoomba, Australia, joined Volunteer Building Cambodia in November for the fourth year in a row. And for the second year the students, who had all just finished year 11 studies, funded two houses – house #152 and #153. Senior...
Ulrik Nehammer is not fond of the limelight and shied away from interviews. But he did tell us how much he enjoyed his time with VBC and summed his week up with these words: “Life is made up of magic moments and we’ve had so many magic moments this week.” It was a...
Students from St Joseph’s Institution International in Singapore joined us for the third year as part of their Challenge Week. The grade 11 students aged 16 and 17 funded two houses – #141 and #142 – for their week volunteering with VBC in October. They had two teams...
