Hello Sue and member of the Rotary Club of Port Phillip.  I hope you are doing well and staying healthy!

I am excited to share with you about my activities in April. This month, I have the opportunity to join in many special activities, I hope you are happy to read them.
Firstly, I will talk about my education at University and TDSO class. I have not done the midterm exam yet but our teacher will conduct a midterm exam after the Khmer New Year festival. To be honest, the cost accounting subject is very hard for me because it requires me to understand and be clear about the subject and cash flow. However, my English is still limited and some questions are really hard to understand. That's why it's hard for me. Anyway, my friend and I plan to have a sharing class before our midterm exam. By the way, I really enjoyed with Marketing subjects because our professors always pick up new and viral examples to show because that is very helpful to all the students and easy to understand. Besides that, the TDSO class was very amazing and I was really happy to attend this class. Sadly, our teacher will stop teaching our class and start his new journey. We have a lot of memories with him. We spent two years together and he was always patient with us even though sometimes we made him unhappy. On the last day of our class, some students were emotional because we were really surprised that he would leave us very soon. He keeps it a secret until the last day. Anyway, we are happy to see him in a better place and succeed in the new journey. So, after Khmer New Years we will move to another class and study with the new teacher. I hope I learn something new and develop our abilities.

G’day from Cambodia,

Here is a cross section of other recent activities of the Cambodia Clean Water & Toilet Project.  Enjoy the photos.

Best wishes

Darrel

MYANMAR

 

All our RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network) volunteers are wonderful people with huge hearts, & we’re very proud of tuesday Goods Selection Host, Rotarian Fleur Maidment (Rotary Central Melbourne) who is currently in Myanmar with her ‘Clean Water Myanmar’ project.

Can you help?

We're on the lookout for awesome supplies and materials to share with our crafting community and fuel creativity at our Crafting a Difference Forum this May.

We’ve been extremely busy over the last few weeks with the Small Comforts from Community (SCFC) project, which provides care bags and clothing to public hospital mental health units of The Alfred, Box Hill’s Upton House, St Vincents Melbourne and Royal Melbourne. This project is a collaboration between the Rotary Clubs of Hawthorn, Brighton North, Glenferrie, Malvern, Port Phillip, and Williamstown, as well as Donations in Kind.

Rotary Port Phillip is sponsoring a student, Sreypich, through Aviv's program.  What a wonderful program is highlighted through  this article from Aviv.

 

Jess and I just returned from Cambodia last Friday night and wanted to write to you personally to share with you that we had the most incredible time with our students and alumni. We started off in Phnom Penh, where we met with over 50 of our alumni – honestly, words cannot describe the emotions of pride, admiration and love at seeing these young adults leading empowered lives. ‘Kids’ who just a few years ago were living in villages and expected to drop out of school are now working with international NGOs, educational institutions and companies. Four have started their own businesses – Nak and Yeat are in real estate, Gim is in car sales and Visith set-up a school (with 500 students!!). Barang and Khean work with the UN, Pech just returned from working in India, where he was leading health programs for the NGO he works at. In the past year Sinuon’s NGO has sent her to conferences in Japan, Malaysia and she has just returned from a conference in Belgium and the Netherlands. Sreng works on budget reform at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and in the first six months of this year travelling for work to Japan, Australia and to attend a course at the London School of Economics. There is not a single CRST alumni not shining bright – and that’s in large part thanks to you and your members. Your belief in us and generous support has not only changed our alumni’s lives, but also the lives of their families and their communities, impacting Cambodia for generations to come.

Rotary Port Phillip will be sponsoring two teams, one group of two and one group of three, Interact students to attend MUNA.

MUNA stands for Model United Nations Assembly. This is a Rotary International Program that is enthusiastically supported by the United Nations. The program simulates the workings of the UN Assembly. Teams of secondary students represent a UN country in debates on matters of world political and social concern.  MUNA is designed for year 10 – 12 secondary students in team of 2 students. There is an opportunity for teams of 3 if required, but this is not encouraged
Teams will be allocated a country to represent and provided with model United Nations resolutions. Teams will familiarise themselves with their country and the resolutions so they can determine which ones are perinate to their country. 
During the weekend students will learn about the workings of the United Nations, the Security Council and general rules of debating. Taking part in MUNA improves public speaking and debating skills as well as encouraging them to make sympathetic and informed comments on world problems.
Various prizes are awarded on the weekend. There is also an opportunity for the winning team to represent District 9800 at the National MUNA in Canberra. There will be no cost to your club should your club’s teams be successful.