sin eng-36 - smile and fun

A group of us will be participating in the International Community Involvement Program (ICIP) to Cambodia from 3 June to 7 June 2011.

Group members

Louis, Mudit, Bryan, Erin, Shan PIng, Kai Ting

Kai Li, Ambriesh, Andrea, Zakiah, Wenxin, Yi Ying

The Children from Roka Primary School from Siem Reap , Cambodia came form very poor family and depended on donations and contributions from organizations to survive. As such , the children did not have a comfortable life like children in Singapore.

We got together and started to talk about how we could help the children of Roka Primary School in a village with the help of our teachers.

Our group wanted to bring smiles to the faces of the children in Roka Primary School, even it’s for a few days…

Our group wanted the pupils of Roka Primary to be involved in physical

activities/games ,have fun and be happy. We knew we would have the

problem of communication and language barrier.

We found it rather difficult to instruct them to play the games we had

intended for them. We thought we could overcome this problem by

using sign languages,gestures and show demonstrations of how to

play the games.

When we were at Roka Primary , we tried our best in conducting the

games . And the pupils really enjoyed playing the games. The few days

spent at Roka Primary was a tiring yet fruitful ..

The pupils got the idea of what we were trying to put across to them,

and the games went on the way. We were encouraging and in high

spirits to ensure that all pupils had a fair chance at playing the games.

We are looking forward to Day 2 at Roka Primary where a mini sports

day await the pupils.

Despite all the challenges we faced, at the end of the day ,

the children in Roka Primary School really enjoyed

themselves. This was evident from their face which showed

excitement and happiness.