- Scouts visiting SOID. Posted: October, 6 2011 In July 2011 the scouts of “Saint Jean” from Heverlee have visited SOID. They did a lot of volunteering during almost 3 weeks. They made a video /photo collage of their visit. It’s really a masterpiece, so please enjoy and like people say "A picture tells a thousand words" ... Read more »
- Cooking for SOID. Posted: 30 september 2011 In 2010, Marlene and Peter Indemans, who are good friends of ours, have raised money for SOID by organising charity dinners in their house. This turned out to be very successful and so in the summer of 2011 they have repeated this action. They have organised eleven dinners for which they have done all the cooking themselves. Many friends and relatives have attended the dinners and all of them have enjoyed it. Read more »
- Visit SOID. Posted: 26 august 2011 As promised, here is a report of our last visit to Soid. We have been home now for a week, and have more or less recovered from the trip and its aftermath. Here is the news that you have every right to expect from us... How can I put into words how we experienced our visit? How can I let you feel what we felt? I will try my best; it was such a memorable trip again! Read more »
- Sponsored walk by children in Sittard, The Netherlands. Posted: 1 july 2011 We are very pleased to inform you about the wonderful initiative of Joep (boy of 11 years), Ruud (boy of 9 years) and Fay (girl of 11 years). Read more »
- Donation from primary school. Posted: 27 april 2011 In March 2011, Wim and Gertie Dohmen of the SOID Board were invited to make a presentation on SOID in “De Zonnehof”, the primary school in the small town of Leveroy in the south of The Netherlands. Every year in the weeks before Easter the school conducts a fundraising for a charity. This time, they decided to donate the proceeds of their annual fundraising activities to SOID. Read more »
- Wim and Gertie's report. Posted: 8 februari 2011 In January 2011 we paid a four-day visit to SOID's school and orphanage in Siem Reap. We think the visit was very successful and we would like to tell you more about what we achieved while we were there. We had a fair amount of donor money to spend and this was certainly very helpful.. Read more »
- Young people today. Posted: 2 januari 2011 Nowadays youth, you can't count om them. They only think of themselves, are very materialistic and don't do anything for someone else without being paied. That's how much elder people think of nowedays young people. I'm very happy, to tell and proove to you that this is not true at all !! Read more »
- Newsletter november 2010. Posted: 14 november 2010 Last month SOID was visited by Marc and Annemarie. They took lots of stuff for the children: clothes, toys and a present for Rachna (from the foster parents of Rachna) and the other girls in the orphanage. Marc and Annemarie where very pleased with the SOID project and they are already talking about going back to Siem Reap. They are surprised how happy and thankful the children are. “You can feel and sense that these children missed love and attention in there short live”. And that is true, they compensate this with lots of hugging when people visit the orphanage, even when they are sweating like a horse… Read more »
- Newsletter september 2010. Posted: 14 november 2010 In the previous report we already mentioned that the school was renovated. This renovation is now completely finished. You find some pictures on this page so you can see what happened.. Read more »
- Visiting SOID - 2010 Posted: 15 August 2010 Martine and Jaak visited SOID in june 2010. As we are loyal SOID-fans, we visited SOID in Siem Reap for the third time. We wanted to see how things were going in the orphanage and in the Veal Village School. Seeing the children, talking in person to the teachers, to Mr. Vanna and to Han, the caretaker, is a lot nicer than just sending mails and getting pictures... Read more »
- Wall playground painted Posted: 15 March 2010 Friends of Tammy painted the playground wall Read more »
SOID
- is a small local project in the slums of Siem Reap, Cambodia. In 2006 SOID built a small school to give free Khmer and English classes to 130 children from the nearby slums of Veal Village. The children who live there are too poor to go to government school as they have to pay a fee to get into the classroom, so SOID provides them with an opportunity to get an education, as it's classes are completely free. All Veal Village families are even given free rice and health checks as an incentive for parents to send their children to school rather than out to work. SOID also takes care of 8 orphaned or abandoned children at a small orphanage in Siem Reap. The children are looked after by the founder and director Vanna Sok with the help of his house-keeper Han. The children are sent to government school through the help of sponsorship from foreign donors.
Who is who ? (preview)
Short presentation of people from or behind SOID.
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SOID photos
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More in SOID pool on flickr.com. When you press on Slideshow you will have a beautifull presentation
More in SOID pool on flickr.com. When you press on Slideshow you will have a beautifull presentation
Videos
Meet the orphans at Soid. Director Vanna Sok introduces all 7 orphans. You can sponsor one child for $400 a year.
