Beng Mealea School and Camp - This is where we are going!
Beng Mealea School
In rural Cambodia the poverty and harsh farming seasons places extreme pressure on families to restrict their children's education so that they are available to supplement the family income by working on the land. However there is still great enthusiasm for education amongst the younger generation. The high school at Beng Mealea caters for 600 children a day with 300 attending classes in the morning and a different 300 in the afternoon, but the facilities within the school are extremely poor and unable to cope with such large numbers, especially with a planned increase in students attending the school.