Siem Reap it self is one of the poorest in the Cambodia with over 75% of the poor people living in dire poverty.
This is my travelling sh*t right here!...it was a "good" morning sunrise indeed everyday for me travelling with Thera the monk!
Morning Sunrise- Weldon Irvine
Introducing the Khmi Monks, I met.
One of whom I travelled with to Angkor Wat, who enlightened me mentally, physically and hygienically
3 of them have since decided to leave the monastery to re-integrate back into society, due to family illnesses and the need to support their aging parents but being Khmi monks for many years, they have acquired no material wealth and are currently homeless and at poverty level.
They became monks in the first place because their families were so poor, they were given away to the monks in the monastery because their families could not feed or take care of them anymore.
I took a 10 hr bus ride wit one of the 3 monks and he saved all the food I bought him and the bread the bus company gave him to eat, for the homeless children we would soon encounter when we reached our destination in Siem Reap.
And everyday that we went to tourist spots, he would find some sort of change or money to give the amputee beggars that were begging tourists for money. At times I did not give yet he found a way to give.
The proof of Bank Receipt sent to me by one of the monks after I gave him $240 dollars towards his Tuition and asked him to open a bank account so that I can continue to send financial support.
$8/ month will feed a monk while he re- integrates into society and goes to school to learn a trade in order to live in Cambodian society and help his family.$20/month will pay his room rent until he can become self sufficient in society
$200/year will pay his University Tuition for one year.
$300 for a used laptop to help him study.
or a used or old lap top donated to help him study will mean the world
Cambodia is kingdom of extreme poverty and donating is always a good thing but helping the spiritually rich to attain a level of ability so that they may in turn help their own society could only benefit us all as human beings---anda*
So I'm asking you to please give.
Email me at amandanarain@gmail.com if you have money or an old computer you would like to donate.
In the monastery his living quarters was have been similarly simple but better hygiene, he had to leave the monastery to take care of his ailing father and wants to offer his liver to his father but the doctors wouldn't permit it medically as his father is approaching death and has limited time to live.
The living quarters of the first monk to leave the monastery due to his father having liver cancer that I am sponsoring. He sleeps on a wooden bench in shack with no electricity or running water to bathe.
For a man of extreme hygiene and mental elevation, I could see the torture in his eyes of having to live like this.
I have personally so far contributed $240 u.s dollars towards one of their University fee for $ 400 u.s for 2 years and $20 u.s to eat and rent a room. I will be setting up a fund to help these three brothers re-integrate back into society and pay their education perhaps as donations/ sponsorships or micro- loans.
If you are interested in donating an old computer or money please contact me at amandanarain@gmail.com and I will give you details to deposit money.
They plan to study IT at a city school University in Phnom Penh will provide me with all registration and tuition receipts as proof of donations going to the right cause.
So I'm asking you to please give.
They approached me in peace!
This young Khmi insisted on making me a sister bracelet on the beach after he learned I was going to help the monks. His English was not enough to explain what he was doing even as I prompted him. He had made me a red and black one and after hearing that my fave colours were yellow and tourquoise, he made a second one exactly in my fave colours.
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