There are many projects that are going on at Liger. Some of them can’t be funded by Liger; this means we need fund from other foundations. One of the projects is writing the Geography of Cambodia book.
All Junior students involve in researching information for the book. They’re doing this because they realize the need of geography lessons for Cambodian students. There is a lack of geography lesson in the government school curriculum books and students aren’t learning about the geography of Cambodia beyond their province that they’ve lived in. Furthermore, the world doesn’t know much about the geography of Cambodia; usually, the only thing they know is Angkor Wat, which is located in Siem Reap province. Students of Cambodia should be able to talk more about Cambodia in terms of history, culture, politic and most importantly the geography of Cambodia. There’s a plan of distributing those books into every secondary school in Cambodia, just like what happened with the wildlife and Cambodia economy book.
In order to make that happen, two other teammates and I are putting together a grant to ask for the fund from Sam Mellett Foundation. I’ve used many skills while writing this grant. One of them is collecting information regarding the topic and knowing who to approach for specific information. Another one is writing clear and organized paragraphs that encompass all the information that’s gathered.
This is a very important project. If this grant is successful, I can make a change to Liger, as well as to Cambodia. This is also an opportunity for me to learn this essential skill because, in the future, there’s a possibility that I’ll write grants for projects I’ll have.
