by Kate Allen | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Headline, Schools, Teachers
Imagine you are a 5th grader in a remote village just mastering the incredibly complicated Khmer alphabet. Now imagine something called a ‘pandemic’ happens – what even is THAT?! – and your school closes. You must stay at home and virtually miss two full school years,...
by Lori Carlson | Oct 29, 2021 | Enrichment Programs, Featured, Headline, Mentorship, Scholarships, Schools, University
Every year, PLF awards upwards of 25 full University Scholarships to deserving students coming up through our various projects. The impact of students having missed school for most of the last 18 months is tremendous and has put plenty of wrenches in the...
by theplf | May 15, 2014 | Featured, News from the Field, Schools, Teachers, Technology
By Sokha Khoun Media can mean a lot to everybody in Cambodia. But, 14 months ago, Media meant only many questions to me. In October of 2012 I came to join the Ponheary Ly Foundation to train to be a Media teacher with Diana Gross from Global Citizen Media. I wrote my...
by theplf | Apr 1, 2014 | Scholarships
David Waingarten and Sarah Rarick started this scholarship fund to help Cambodian students headed into Grade 10 stay in school and complete their secondary education. David and Sarah’s dream is that through this fund, they’ll inspire future leaders of...
by theplf | Sep 27, 2013 | Featured, News from the Field, Schools, Teachers, Volunteers
By Caroline Stafford The summer of 2013 marked my fourth year in Cambodia volunteering for The Ponheary Ly Foundation (PLF). Amongst the whirlwind of things we aimed to accomplish, perhaps the most meaningful, was working with two PLF students from Koh Ker village to...
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