We'd been hearing about the David center orphanage since meeting the team. Some of the kids that are putting on the drama program live at the center. We were lucky enough to visit it a couple of different times and shared some rice with them! It usually serves around 60 kids, plus the staff and their families. Two of the older boys in the drama team had to leave the tour early so they could go take their final school exams. (They should be able to join us again for the last part of the trip.) The kitchen at the David center goes through an entire bag of rice a day! We wanted to make sure we supported these kids as best we could. So we made sure they had plenty of rice!
In Cambodia government school is free, but you must have a uniform and provide your own supplies. Even that low requirement is too much for most of the children we see at the distributions. None of the kids coming to the David center have ever been to school. Even staying in school is almost impossible since they will grow out of their uniform and use up their notebooks. So when Musicianaries handed out new school uniforms and supplies to all of the kids they were really excited. Everyone wanted to try them on and show them off right away!
Some of the kids showing off their new uniforms:
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