Hello! My name is Let Savy and I am a 30-year-old
Khmer man. I was born into a small Khmer rice farmer’s family in Rand Sey
village, Srae Sangkom commune; an agricultural centre known as the rice and
cassava production region that services the community of Koh Nhek district in Mondulkiri Province. After I graduated
from grade 12 at the Hun Sen Sen Monorom High school, I studied English at
the Asia Euro University, Phnom Penh. I now
live in Chom Katae village, Spean Mean Chey commune, Sen Monorom Town, where I
work as an English teacher and as a Volunteer Assistant for VSO.
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| Savy's story |
Thanks to my
teachers and my education, they have helped me to escape from poverty. I originally came
from a poor rice farmer’s family and as a boy, I worked in the rice field, helping
my family to plant and to harvest rice; it was hard work and I remember thinking
that I did not want to be a farmer like my family. So when I was at school, I listened carefully
to the personal stories of my own teachers who were my role models to escape
from poverty. Because of my teachers’
support, I now have a degree, which has helped me to get a job working with the
Ministry of Education and with an NGO - VSO.
My education has meant that I can read,
write, speak and listen, as well as write reports, in both English and Khmer. Education has also given me respect in my
homeland, because I can now earn money by using my own knowledge and my skills
to support myself as well as my own family.
I can also educate local people to improve their capabilities so that
they have the correct tools to help them
to support their own lives.
My personal
message for all parents is to send their children to enroll in school. I think
that school is the best place to educate children to help increase their
knowledge. The younger children enroll in school, the more opportunities they
will have to learn. I think that the more knowledge children have the more they
are able to support themselves, their family and Cambodia. Through having an
education they can have the ability to develop their environment (locality-
where they live), help their community and their own nation through training, teaching students or the people that they live with.
More later :)
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