Veasna is the first in her family to use a computer
Veasna is the first in her family to use a computer
When 11-year-old Veasna joined ISF’s Catch-Up Education Programme two years ago it was the first time she had the opportunity to go to school. Originally from Svay Rieng Province, a southeastern province bordering Vietnam, Veasna lives with her parents and five siblings in an urban poor settlement in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district.
Veasna’s parents and older brother work in the nearby market but money is tight with only enough to send two out of the five children to school. Meeting ISF’s means test and assessment from our social workers, we were delighted to be able offer Veasna and her brother the opportunity to join ISF and catch up on their missed education.
Veasna is an attentive student and counts ICT classes among her favourite subjects at ISF. She started the classes earlier this year and attends for one hour twice a week. “I am very interested in learning computer skills. I am able to use the computer to draw and colour” she says. The next area she will learn will be typing and it’s a skill she’s very much looking forward to.
“My parents are so happy and excited to know that I am learning these skills” Veasna tells us. Veasna is first person in her family to learn computer skills and we hope that by introducing her to current technology at such a young age, she’ll have excellent competency by the time she finishes school, giving her a desired a skillset in Cambodia’s job market.
*Names of children under 18 have been changed
