Charles Dittmeier – Page 28 – Welcome to Cambodia, and…..

Poverty–we choose to let it continue

Another choice for supper…

The night time street stalls for food offer a variety of selections. This one sells roast duck.

A large percentage of the Cambodian population gets supper from the street, partly because it’s cheap and convenient, and partly because it avoids lighting a charcoal fire in a clay pot which is the way most people cook at home. Here this food stall offers grilled fish.

New Church: It’s coming….

The detail work inside the new church is continuing but they are also getting serious now about the landscaping and drainage.

Steamed Snails

When you’re hankering for steamed snails in the U.S., you probably have to look around a bit before you find a shop that sells them. Not so in Phnom Penh! And at this shop, you don’t even have to get off your motorcycle to buy them!

A really big sewer…

Look at the size of these storm drain sewer pipe sections being laid on the street by the Deaf Development Programme! The channel is more than 7 feet tall! It takes a lot of these sections to drain a block of street but they can really remove the water!

Job Coaching 3

Today was the final day of the job coaching training. Kevin Cook presented a lot of good material in these three days. Now the challenge for all the Caritas Cambodia projects is to utilize that information in strengthening our support of appropriate employment for people with disabilities.

The group discussions throughout the training were short and focused and everyone participated.

Many, the director of a large autism school, reflected on how they could implement Kevin’s ideas.

At the end of this third day, Kim Ratana, the Caritas Cambodia director, presented certificates to all who participated.

Job Coaching 2

Kim Ratana, the director of Caritas Cambodia, offers some comments on the training the Caritas projects are undergoing.

Job Coaching

Caritas Cambodia has organized a training on job coaching for this week, inviting all the Caritas projects that involve people with disabilities. Mr. Kevin Cook, an American now resident in Thailand, is teaching the theory and practice of successfully finding appropriate employment for people with physical and intellectual disabilities.

The training was originally scheduled for five days but then the government threw a wrench in the works by declaring yesterday a holiday on three days’ notice which necessitated shortening the time with Kevin to three days.

The style of the training involves a lot of interaction and discussion in the table groups and then quick summaries of their thought and ideas.

A commitment

Today Sr. Bernadette Pheng Sreymom professed her perpetual vows as a Salesian sister. The ceremony was in Kampong Cham, her home province, and many people from Phnom Penh and other provinces came to show their support and appreciation.