DORIS DILLON SCHOOL IN CAMBODIA
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Mission Statement
The Doris Dillon School in Cambodia provides a continuum of education from pre-school through university to children in five remote villages in the Kampot province of Cambodia. For the past six years, we have achieved over 95% of our students have passed the 9th grade national examination. Based on these results, we have been ranked as one of the top village schools in the country for the past six years. In the summer of 2014, the government expanded our school classrooms by 60% in recognition of this achievement. We are expanding our curriculum to include a STEM-based hands-on approach to science via development of a science lab, music education using ukuleles, guitars, and keyboards, art education, and an after-school program for girls. We are seeking to partner with CEDAC to train farmers in their SRI technique which increases yields exponentially: a desperate need since 26 of 35 girls on scholarship had dropped out because their families did not produce enough rice to sustain them economically.
About This Cause
In 2007, San Jose's Bret Harte Middle School and Leland High School’s student charity group, Invisible Issues, created and held a silent auction to build a rural school in Cambodia which they named the Doris Dillon School after a nationally renowned teacher who taught at Graystone and Williams Elementary schools. Since then, Bret Harte’s student charity group has held many fundraising activities to fund programs for students of the Doris Dillon School. Because of their work, Bret Harte adopted the Doris Dillon School as their sister middle school. These fundraising activities have given our students a chance to tangibly impact the lives of students from impoverished families a world away. Fundraising efforts by our students and donations from the Almaden community have allowed us to provide: • a deep water well (67 meters) to provide abundant clean water to all village families • sixteen computers and internet access via a Samsung cell phone! • a computer and English language teacher • a nurse who not only treats students but instructs in healthy practices • a library of over 400 Khmer and English-Khmer books • five water filters (water-borne diseases are a leading cause of death), and a hand-washing station • scholarships for over 60 7th-12th grade girls had dropped out because of their families’ dire poverty • on-site, bi-yearly dental clinics for all students and staff • a water collection system to provide a water source for village drinking water during the dry season • the first-ever vision clinic to be held July 21st • 9th grade field trips to Phnom Penh to visit Pannasastra University, the Genocide Museum, the National Museum, and the Royal Palace • a teachers’ 3-day field trip to the Angkor Wat temple complex, one of the seven wonders of the world • sports equipment and a playground that provides a community gathering place for children and parents • English classes to prepare high school students for English proficiency tests to enter college • basic school and art supplies for all students • health supplies for all students (toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, shampoo, soap). Note: none of the students had ever used a toothbrush, toothpaste, or dental floss and few had ever seen liquid shampoo.